prohiber

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prohibēre (“to prohibit”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʁɔ.i.be/
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Verb

prohiber

  1. (transitive, law, formal) to prohibit (to proscribe)
    Synonym: interdire

Conjugation
Conjugation of prohiber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple prohiber
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple prohibant
/pʁɔ.i.bɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle prohibé
/pʁɔ.i.be/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present prohibe
/pʁɔ.ib/		 prohibes
/pʁɔ.ib/		 prohibe
/pʁɔ.ib/		 prohibons
/pʁɔ.i.bɔ̃/		 prohibez
/pʁɔ.i.be/		 prohibent
/pʁɔ.ib/
imperfect prohibais
/pʁɔ.i.bɛ/		 prohibais
/pʁɔ.i.bɛ/		 prohibait
/pʁɔ.i.bɛ/		 prohibions
/pʁɔ.i.bjɔ̃/		 prohibiez
/pʁɔ.i.bje/		 prohibaient
/pʁɔ.i.bɛ/
past historic2 prohibai
/pʁɔ.i.be/		 prohibas
/pʁɔ.i.ba/		 prohiba
/pʁɔ.i.ba/		 prohibâmes
/pʁɔ.i.bam/		 prohibâtes
/pʁɔ.i.bat/		 prohibèrent
/pʁɔ.i.bɛʁ/
future prohiberai
/pʁɔ.i.bʁe/		 prohiberas
/pʁɔ.i.bʁa/		 prohibera
/pʁɔ.i.bʁa/		 prohiberons
/pʁɔ.i.bʁɔ̃/		 prohiberez
/pʁɔ.i.bʁe/		 prohiberont
/pʁɔ.i.bʁɔ̃/
conditional prohiberais
/pʁɔ.i.bʁɛ/		 prohiberais
/pʁɔ.i.bʁɛ/		 prohiberait
/pʁɔ.i.bʁɛ/		 prohiberions
/pʁɔ.i.bə.ʁjɔ̃/		 prohiberiez
/pʁɔ.i.bə.ʁje/		 prohiberaient
/pʁɔ.i.bʁɛ/
(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 prohibe
/pʁɔ.ib/		 prohibes
/pʁɔ.ib/		 prohibe
/pʁɔ.ib/		 prohibions
/pʁɔ.i.bjɔ̃/		 prohibiez
/pʁɔ.i.bje/		 prohibent
/pʁɔ.ib/
imperfect2 prohibasse
/pʁɔ.i.bas/		 prohibasses
/pʁɔ.i.bas/		 prohibât
/pʁɔ.i.ba/		 prohibassions
/pʁɔ.i.ba.sjɔ̃/		 prohibassiez
/pʁɔ.i.ba.sje/		 prohibassent
/pʁɔ.i.bas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — prohibe
/pʁɔ.ib/		 — prohibons
/pʁɔ.i.bɔ̃/		 prohibez
/pʁɔ.i.be/		 —
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).

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