discréditer
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
discréditer
- to discredit (harm reputation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of discréditer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | discréditer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | discréditant /dis.kʁe.di.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | discrédité /dis.kʁe.di.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | discrédite /dis.kʁe.dit/ | discrédites /dis.kʁe.dit/ | discrédite /dis.kʁe.dit/ | discréditons /dis.kʁe.di.tɔ̃/ | discréditez /dis.kʁe.di.te/ | discréditent /dis.kʁe.dit/ |
imperfect | discréditais /dis.kʁe.di.tɛ/ | discréditais /dis.kʁe.di.tɛ/ | discréditait /dis.kʁe.di.tɛ/ | discréditions /dis.kʁe.di.tjɔ̃/ | discréditiez /dis.kʁe.di.tje/ | discréditaient /dis.kʁe.di.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | discréditai /dis.kʁe.di.te/ | discréditas /dis.kʁe.di.ta/ | discrédita /dis.kʁe.di.ta/ | discréditâmes /dis.kʁe.di.tam/ | discréditâtes /dis.kʁe.di.tat/ | discréditèrent /dis.kʁe.di.tɛʁ/ | |
future | discréditerai /dis.kʁe.di.tʁe/ | discréditeras /dis.kʁe.di.tʁa/ | discréditera /dis.kʁe.di.tʁa/ | discréditerons /dis.kʁe.di.tʁɔ̃/ | discréditerez /dis.kʁe.di.tʁe/ | discréditeront /dis.kʁe.di.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | discréditerais /dis.kʁe.di.tʁɛ/ | discréditerais /dis.kʁe.di.tʁɛ/ | discréditerait /dis.kʁe.di.tʁɛ/ | discréditerions /dis.kʁe.di.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | discréditeriez /dis.kʁe.di.tə.ʁje/ | discréditeraient /dis.kʁe.di.tʁɛ/ | |
(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 | discrédite /dis.kʁe.dit/ | discrédites /dis.kʁe.dit/ | discrédite /dis.kʁe.dit/ | discréditions /dis.kʁe.di.tjɔ̃/ | discréditiez /dis.kʁe.di.tje/ | discréditent /dis.kʁe.dit/ |
imperfect2 | discréditasse /dis.kʁe.di.tas/ | discréditasses /dis.kʁe.di.tas/ | discréditât /dis.kʁe.di.ta/ | discréditassions /dis.kʁe.di.ta.sjɔ̃/ | discréditassiez /dis.kʁe.di.ta.sje/ | discréditassent /dis.kʁe.di.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | discrédite /dis.kʁe.dit/ | — | discréditons /dis.kʁe.di.tɔ̃/ | discréditez /dis.kʁe.di.te/ | — | |
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
- “discréditer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.