produire
See also: produiré
French
Etymology
From Middle French produire, borrowed from Latin prōdūcere, present active infinitive of prōdūcō, with conjugation based on verbs like conduire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.dɥiʁ/
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Verb
produire
- (transitive) to produce, to yield
- (reflexive) to happen, take place (of an event)
- Synonyms: arriver, se passer
- (reflexive) to perform (of a singer, etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of produire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | produire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | produisant /pʁɔ.dɥi.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | produit /pʁɔ.dɥi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | produis /pʁɔ.dɥi/ | produis /pʁɔ.dɥi/ | produit /pʁɔ.dɥi/ | produisons /pʁɔ.dɥi.zɔ̃/ | produisez /pʁɔ.dɥi.ze/ | produisent /pʁɔ.dɥiz/ |
| imperfect | produisais /pʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/ | produisais /pʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/ | produisait /pʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/ | produisions /pʁɔ.dɥi.zjɔ̃/ | produisiez /pʁɔ.dɥi.zje/ | produisaient /pʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | produisis /pʁɔ.dɥi.zi/ | produisis /pʁɔ.dɥi.zi/ | produisit /pʁɔ.dɥi.zi/ | produisîmes /pʁɔ.dɥi.zim/ | produisîtes /pʁɔ.dɥi.zit/ | produisirent /pʁɔ.dɥi.ziʁ/ | |
| future | produirai /pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁe/ | produiras /pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁa/ | produira /pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁa/ | produirons /pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɔ̃/ | produirez /pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁe/ | produiront /pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | produirais /pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɛ/ | produirais /pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɛ/ | produirait /pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɛ/ | produirions /pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁjɔ̃/ | produiriez /pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁje/ | produiraient /pʁɔ.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 | produise /pʁɔ.dɥiz/ | produises /pʁɔ.dɥiz/ | produise /pʁɔ.dɥiz/ | produisions /pʁɔ.dɥi.zjɔ̃/ | produisiez /pʁɔ.dɥi.zje/ | produisent /pʁɔ.dɥiz/ |
| imperfect2 | produisisse /pʁɔ.dɥi.zis/ | produisisses /pʁɔ.dɥi.zis/ | produisît /pʁɔ.dɥi.zi/ | produisissions /pʁɔ.dɥi.zi.sjɔ̃/ | produisissiez /pʁɔ.dɥi.zi.sje/ | produisissent /pʁɔ.dɥi.zis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | produis /pʁɔ.dɥi/ | — | produisons /pʁɔ.dɥi.zɔ̃/ | produisez /pʁɔ.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). | |||||||
Related terms
- producteur/productrice
- productible
- productif/productive
- production
- produit
- reproduire
Further reading
- “produire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prōdūcere, present active infinitive of prōdūcō, with conjugation based on verbs like conduire.
Verb
produire
- to produce; to yield; to give
Descendants
- French: produire