distinguer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin distinguō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis.tɛ̃.ɡe/
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Verb
distinguer
- to distinguish
- Il n'existe pas de critère strictement linguistique permettant de distinguer une langue d'un dialecte.
- There is no strictly linguistic criterion capable of distinguishing a language from a dialect.
- (reflexive) to be distinguished
- 2015 July 16, Monde:
- Zohra Bitan se distingue désormais par des opinions proches des identitaires (pour les statistiques ethniques, contre immigration « économique », le communautarisme, le féminisme…).
- Zohra Bitan is now distinguished by opinions close to identitarian (for ethnic statistics, against “economic” immigration, communal separatism, feminism…).
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Conjugation
Conjugation of distinguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | distinguer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | distinguant /dis.tɛ̃.ɡɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | distingué /dis.tɛ̃.ɡe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | distingue /dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ | distingues /dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ | distingue /dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ | distinguons /dis.tɛ̃.ɡɔ̃/ | distinguez /dis.tɛ̃.ɡe/ | distinguent /dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ |
| imperfect | distinguais /dis.tɛ̃.ɡɛ/ | distinguais /dis.tɛ̃.ɡɛ/ | distinguait /dis.tɛ̃.ɡɛ/ | distinguions /dis.tɛ̃.ɡjɔ̃/ | distinguiez /dis.tɛ̃.ɡje/ | distinguaient /dis.tɛ̃.ɡɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | distinguai /dis.tɛ̃.ɡe/ | distinguas /dis.tɛ̃.ɡa/ | distingua /dis.tɛ̃.ɡa/ | distinguâmes /dis.tɛ̃.ɡam/ | distinguâtes /dis.tɛ̃.ɡat/ | distinguèrent /dis.tɛ̃.ɡɛʁ/ | |
| future | distinguerai /dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁe/ | distingueras /dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁa/ | distinguera /dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁa/ | distinguerons /dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/ | distinguerez /dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁe/ | distingueront /dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | distinguerais /dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ | distinguerais /dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ | distinguerait /dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ | distinguerions /dis.tɛ̃.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ | distingueriez /dis.tɛ̃.ɡə.ʁje/ | distingueraient /dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | distingue /dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ | distingues /dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ | distingue /dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ | distinguions /dis.tɛ̃.ɡjɔ̃/ | distinguiez /dis.tɛ̃.ɡje/ | distinguent /dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ |
| imperfect2 | distinguasse /dis.tɛ̃.ɡas/ | distinguasses /dis.tɛ̃.ɡas/ | distinguât /dis.tɛ̃.ɡa/ | distinguassions /dis.tɛ̃.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ | distinguassiez /dis.tɛ̃.ɡa.sje/ | distinguassent /dis.tɛ̃.ɡas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | distingue /dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ | — | distinguons /dis.tɛ̃.ɡɔ̃/ | distinguez /dis.tɛ̃.ɡe/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
- distinctif
- distinction
- distinguable
Further reading
- “distinguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua
Verb
distinguer
- to distinguish
Conjugation
Conjugation of distinguer
| infinitive | distinguer | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| participle | present | perfect | |
| distinguente | distinguite | ||
| active | simple | perfect | |
| present | distingue | ha distinguite | |
| past | distingueva | habeva distinguite | |
| future | distinguera | habera distinguite | |
| conditional | distinguerea | haberea distinguite | |
| imperative | distingue | ||
| passive | simple | perfect | |
| present | es distinguite | ha essite distinguite | |
| past | esseva distinguite | habeva essite distinguite | |
| future | essera distinguite | habera essite distinguite | |
| conditional | esserea distinguite | haberea essite distinguite | |
| imperative | sia distinguite | ||