mettre

Meaning

1. to put; to place
2. to put on
3. to set (to lay a table)
4. to start (+ à) (something / doing something), to get around to doing something

Concepts

put

place

set

put on

lay

wear

put down

apply

put in

insert

introduce

lay down

put away

plant

install

don

enclose

stow

stuff

arrange

mount

locate

deposit

set up

seat

give

threaten

fix

dress

establish

make

enter

set down

pose

instal

localise

localize

come by

imprison

situate

press

expose

slip on

dedicate

make an offering

pay

employ

keep

poke

stand

put on clothes

store

put in dans

backwards

wear pants

endanger

imperil

jeopardize

liberate

loose

menace

release

unloose

lie down

shoot

run

bring up

agreed

at one

in agreement

sling

coif

coiffe

coiffure

do

assume

get into

put option

inclose

stick in

zero

farce

break

develop

recrudesce

inaugurate

usher in

lay out

congeal

jell

come in

come out

update

befool

cod

dupe

fool

gull

put one across

put one over

slang

take in

acquaint

present

precede

preface

premise

define

determine

limit

specify

cast

couch

frame

redact

record

mark

submit

post

send

station

aim

direct

point

target

assign

tuck away

tuck in

binge

englut

engorge

glut

gorge

gormandise

gormandize

gourmandize

ingurgitate

overeat

overgorge

overindulge

pig out

satiate

scarf out

put to sleep

lock up

lock in

lock

lock away

shut away

shut up

infix

discharge

drop

drop off

unload

position

place down

lodge

stick

wedge

enfold

envelop

enwrap

wrap

innovate

turn in

go down

go under

bring down

land

raffle

raffle off

come into

commit

invest

site

name

nominate

drop by

drop in

gaol

immure

incarcerate

jail

jug

lag

put behind bars

remand

enforce

implement

go for

hold

confine

hold in

play

substitute

place deposit

deliver

give birth

begin

to put

accumulate

amass

lay up

put by

store up

get on

nail

tune in

carry

haul

move

withdraw

order

sort

overlay

superimpose

superpose

bowl over

charge

emplace

juxtapose

sit down

raise up

mount on

fit on

immit

pile up

clothe

put into

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɛtʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French mettre, from Old French metre, from Latin mittere, probably from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange, remove”).

Sentences

Ce n’était pas beaucoup la peine de mettre là un lion .

It wasn't much use to put a lion there.