prodiguer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prōdigō (infinitive prōdigere).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.di.ɡe/
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Verb
prodiguer
- (transitive) to dispense, to lavish (something on someone)
Conjugation
Conjugation of prodiguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | prodiguer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | prodiguant /pʁɔ.di.ɡɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | prodigué /pʁɔ.di.ɡe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | prodigue /pʁɔ.diɡ/ | prodigues /pʁɔ.diɡ/ | prodigue /pʁɔ.diɡ/ | prodiguons /pʁɔ.di.ɡɔ̃/ | prodiguez /pʁɔ.di.ɡe/ | prodiguent /pʁɔ.diɡ/ |
imperfect | prodiguais /pʁɔ.di.ɡɛ/ | prodiguais /pʁɔ.di.ɡɛ/ | prodiguait /pʁɔ.di.ɡɛ/ | prodiguions /pʁɔ.di.ɡjɔ̃/ | prodiguiez /pʁɔ.di.ɡje/ | prodiguaient /pʁɔ.di.ɡɛ/ | |
past historic2 | prodiguai /pʁɔ.di.ɡe/ | prodiguas /pʁɔ.di.ɡa/ | prodigua /pʁɔ.di.ɡa/ | prodiguâmes /pʁɔ.di.ɡam/ | prodiguâtes /pʁɔ.di.ɡat/ | prodiguèrent /pʁɔ.di.ɡɛʁ/ | |
future | prodiguerai /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁe/ | prodigueras /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁa/ | prodiguera /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁa/ | prodiguerons /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁɔ̃/ | prodiguerez /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁe/ | prodigueront /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | prodiguerais /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁɛ/ | prodiguerais /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁɛ/ | prodiguerait /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁɛ/ | prodiguerions /pʁɔ.di.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ | prodigueriez /pʁɔ.di.ɡə.ʁje/ | prodigueraient /pʁɔ.di.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 | prodigue /pʁɔ.diɡ/ | prodigues /pʁɔ.diɡ/ | prodigue /pʁɔ.diɡ/ | prodiguions /pʁɔ.di.ɡjɔ̃/ | prodiguiez /pʁɔ.di.ɡje/ | prodiguent /pʁɔ.diɡ/ |
imperfect2 | prodiguasse /pʁɔ.di.ɡas/ | prodiguasses /pʁɔ.di.ɡas/ | prodiguât /pʁɔ.di.ɡa/ | prodiguassions /pʁɔ.di.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ | prodiguassiez /pʁɔ.di.ɡa.sje/ | prodiguassent /pʁɔ.di.ɡas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | prodigue /pʁɔ.diɡ/ | — | prodiguons /pʁɔ.di.ɡɔ̃/ | prodiguez /pʁɔ.di.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). |
Further reading
- “prodiguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.