prédire
See also: predire and prediré
French
Etymology
From Middle French predire, borrowed from Latin praedīcere, present active infinitive of praedīcō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁe.diʁ/
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Verb
prédire
- to predict, foretell
Conjugation
This verb is one of a group of -re verbs all ending in -dire. They are conjugated exactly like dire, but with a different second-person plural indicative present (that is, like confire). Members of this group include contredire and interdire.
Conjugation of prédire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | prédire | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | prédisant /pʁe.di.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | prédit /pʁe.di/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | prédis /pʁe.di/ | prédis /pʁe.di/ | prédit /pʁe.di/ | prédisons /pʁe.di.zɔ̃/ | prédisez /pʁe.di.ze/ | prédisent /pʁe.diz/ |
imperfect | prédisais /pʁe.di.zɛ/ | prédisais /pʁe.di.zɛ/ | prédisait /pʁe.di.zɛ/ | prédisions /pʁe.di.zjɔ̃/ | prédisiez /pʁe.di.zje/ | prédisaient /pʁe.di.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | prédis /pʁe.di/ | prédis /pʁe.di/ | prédit /pʁe.di/ | prédîmes /pʁe.dim/ | prédîtes /pʁe.dit/ | prédirent /pʁe.diʁ/ | |
future | prédirai /pʁe.di.ʁe/ | prédiras /pʁe.di.ʁa/ | prédira /pʁe.di.ʁa/ | prédirons /pʁe.di.ʁɔ̃/ | prédirez /pʁe.di.ʁe/ | prédiront /pʁe.di.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | prédirais /pʁe.di.ʁɛ/ | prédirais /pʁe.di.ʁɛ/ | prédirait /pʁe.di.ʁɛ/ | prédirions /pʁe.di.ʁjɔ̃/ | prédiriez /pʁe.di.ʁje/ | prédiraient /pʁe.di.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 | prédise /pʁe.diz/ | prédises /pʁe.diz/ | prédise /pʁe.diz/ | prédisions /pʁe.di.zjɔ̃/ | prédisiez /pʁe.di.zje/ | prédisent /pʁe.diz/ |
imperfect2 | prédisse /pʁe.dis/ | prédisses /pʁe.dis/ | prédît /pʁe.di/ | prédissions /pʁe.di.sjɔ̃/ | prédissiez /pʁe.di.sje/ | prédissent /pʁe.dis/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | prédis /pʁe.di/ | — | prédisons /pʁe.di.zɔ̃/ | prédisez /pʁe.di.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
- dire
- prédiction
Further reading
- “prédire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- dépérir