induire
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin indūcere, present active infinitive of indūcō (or altered from the Old French form enduire). Compare the inherited doublet enduire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.dɥiʁ/
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Verb
induire
- to induce, to cause
Conjugation
Conjugation of induire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | induire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | induisant /ɛ̃.dɥi.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | induit /ɛ̃.dɥi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | induis /ɛ̃.dɥi/ | induis /ɛ̃.dɥi/ | induit /ɛ̃.dɥi/ | induisons /ɛ̃.dɥi.zɔ̃/ | induisez /ɛ̃.dɥi.ze/ | induisent /ɛ̃.dɥiz/ |
| imperfect | induisais /ɛ̃.dɥi.zɛ/ | induisais /ɛ̃.dɥi.zɛ/ | induisait /ɛ̃.dɥi.zɛ/ | induisions /ɛ̃.dɥi.zjɔ̃/ | induisiez /ɛ̃.dɥi.zje/ | induisaient /ɛ̃.dɥi.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | induisis /ɛ̃.dɥi.zi/ | induisis /ɛ̃.dɥi.zi/ | induisit /ɛ̃.dɥi.zi/ | induisîmes /ɛ̃.dɥi.zim/ | induisîtes /ɛ̃.dɥi.zit/ | induisirent /ɛ̃.dɥi.ziʁ/ | |
| future | induirai /ɛ̃.dɥi.ʁe/ | induiras /ɛ̃.dɥi.ʁa/ | induira /ɛ̃.dɥi.ʁa/ | induirons /ɛ̃.dɥi.ʁɔ̃/ | induirez /ɛ̃.dɥi.ʁe/ | induiront /ɛ̃.dɥi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | induirais /ɛ̃.dɥi.ʁɛ/ | induirais /ɛ̃.dɥi.ʁɛ/ | induirait /ɛ̃.dɥi.ʁɛ/ | induirions /ɛ̃.dɥi.ʁjɔ̃/ | induiriez /ɛ̃.dɥi.ʁje/ | induiraient /ɛ̃.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 | induise /ɛ̃.dɥiz/ | induises /ɛ̃.dɥiz/ | induise /ɛ̃.dɥiz/ | induisions /ɛ̃.dɥi.zjɔ̃/ | induisiez /ɛ̃.dɥi.zje/ | induisent /ɛ̃.dɥiz/ |
| imperfect2 | induisisse /ɛ̃.dɥi.zis/ | induisisses /ɛ̃.dɥi.zis/ | induisît /ɛ̃.dɥi.zi/ | induisissions /ɛ̃.dɥi.zi.sjɔ̃/ | induisissiez /ɛ̃.dɥi.zi.sje/ | induisissent /ɛ̃.dɥi.zis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | induis /ɛ̃.dɥi/ | — | induisons /ɛ̃.dɥi.zɔ̃/ | induisez /ɛ̃.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- induire en erreur
Related terms
- induction
Further reading
- “induire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.