introduire
See also: introduiré
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin intrōdūcere, present active infinitive of intrōdūcō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥiʁ/
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Verb
introduire
- to introduce
- to insert, to put in
Conjugation
Conjugation of introduire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | introduire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | introduisant /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | introduit /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | introduis /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi/ | introduis /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi/ | introduit /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi/ | introduisons /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zɔ̃/ | introduisez /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ze/ | introduisent /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥiz/ |
| imperfect | introduisais /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/ | introduisais /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/ | introduisait /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/ | introduisions /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zjɔ̃/ | introduisiez /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zje/ | introduisaient /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | introduisis /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zi/ | introduisis /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zi/ | introduisit /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zi/ | introduisîmes /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zim/ | introduisîtes /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zit/ | introduisirent /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ziʁ/ | |
| future | introduirai /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁe/ | introduiras /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁa/ | introduira /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁa/ | introduirons /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɔ̃/ | introduirez /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁe/ | introduiront /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | introduirais /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɛ/ | introduirais /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɛ/ | introduirait /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɛ/ | introduirions /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁjɔ̃/ | introduiriez /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁje/ | introduiraient /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.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 | introduise /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥiz/ | introduises /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥiz/ | introduise /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥiz/ | introduisions /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zjɔ̃/ | introduisiez /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zje/ | introduisent /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥiz/ |
| imperfect2 | introduisisse /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zis/ | introduisisses /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zis/ | introduisît /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zi/ | introduisissions /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zi.sjɔ̃/ | introduisissiez /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zi.sje/ | introduisissent /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | introduis /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi/ | — | introduisons /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zɔ̃/ | introduisez /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.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
- réintroduire
Related terms
- introduction
Further reading
- “introduire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin introduco.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /intruðyˈire/
Audio (Languedocien) (file)
Verb
introduire
- (Limousin, Languedoc, Provençal, Vivaro-alpine) to lead one thing into another, insertput in
- to present somebody for the purpose of meeting others or to integrate them in a group
Dialectal variants
- introdurre (Provençal, Vivaro-alpine)
- introdusir (Gascon)
- introdúser
Related terms
- introduccion
- introductiu
- introductor