médire
See also: mediré
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French mesdire, corresponding to mé- + dire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me.diʁ/
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Conjugation
This verb is one of a group of -re verbs all ending in -dire. They are conjugated exactly like dire, but with a different second-person plural indicative present (that is, like confire). Members of this group include contredire and interdire.
Conjugation of médire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | médire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | médisant /me.di.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | médit /me.di/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | médis /me.di/ |
médis /me.di/ |
médit /me.di/ |
médisons /me.di.zɔ̃/ |
médisez /me.di.ze/ |
médisent /me.diz/ |
| imperfect | médisais /me.di.zɛ/ |
médisais /me.di.zɛ/ |
médisait /me.di.zɛ/ |
médisions /me.di.zjɔ̃/ |
médisiez /me.di.zje/ |
médisaient /me.di.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | médis /me.di/ |
médis /me.di/ |
médit /me.di/ |
médîmes /me.dim/ |
médîtes /me.dit/ |
médirent /me.diʁ/ | |
| future | médirai /me.di.ʁe/ |
médiras /me.di.ʁa/ |
médira /me.di.ʁa/ |
médirons /me.di.ʁɔ̃/ |
médirez /me.di.ʁe/ |
médiront /me.di.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | médirais /me.di.ʁɛ/ |
médirais /me.di.ʁɛ/ |
médirait /me.di.ʁɛ/ |
médirions /me.di.ʁjɔ̃/ |
médiriez /me.di.ʁje/ |
médiraient /me.di.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 | médise /me.diz/ |
médises /me.diz/ |
médise /me.diz/ |
médisions /me.di.zjɔ̃/ |
médisiez /me.di.zje/ |
médisent /me.diz/ |
| imperfect2 | médisse /me.dis/ |
médisses /me.dis/ |
médît /me.di/ |
médissions /me.di.sjɔ̃/ |
médissiez /me.di.sje/ |
médissent /me.dis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | médis /me.di/ |
— | médisons /me.di.zɔ̃/ |
médisez /me.di.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “médire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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