introduire

See also: introduiré

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intrōdūcere.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥiʁ/
  • audio(file)

Verb

introduire

  1. to introduce
  2. to insert, to put in

Conjugation
Conjugation of introduire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple introduire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple introduisant
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle introduit
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present introduis
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi/		 introduis
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi/		 introduit
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi/		 introduisons
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zɔ̃/		 introduisez
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ze/		 introduisent
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥiz/
imperfect introduisais
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/		 introduisais
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/		 introduisait
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/		 introduisions
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zjɔ̃/		 introduisiez
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zje/		 introduisaient
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/
past historic2 introduisis
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zi/		 introduisis
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zi/		 introduisit
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zi/		 introduisîmes
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zim/		 introduisîtes
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zit/		 introduisirent
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ziʁ/
future introduirai
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁe/		 introduiras
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁa/		 introduira
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁa/		 introduirons
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɔ̃/		 introduirez
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁe/		 introduiront
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional introduirais
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɛ/		 introduirais
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɛ/		 introduirait
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɛ/		 introduirions
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁjɔ̃/		 introduiriez
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁje/		 introduiraient
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present introduise
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥiz/		 introduises
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥiz/		 introduise
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥiz/		 introduisions
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zjɔ̃/		 introduisiez
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zje/		 introduisent
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥiz/
imperfect2 introduisisse
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zis/		 introduisisses
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zis/		 introduisît
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zi/		 introduisissions
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zi.sjɔ̃/		 introduisissiez
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zi.sje/		 introduisissent
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — introduis
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi/		 — introduisons
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zɔ̃/		 introduisez
/ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ze/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin introduco.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /intruðyˈire/
  • Audio (Languedocien)(file)

Verb

introduire

  1. (Limousin, Languedoc, Provençal, Vivaro-alpine) to lead one thing into another, insert put in
  2. to present somebody for the purpose of meeting others or to integrate them in a group

Dialectal variants
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