brider
French
Etymology
bride + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁi.de/
Audio (file)
Verb
brider
- to bridle; bridle up (attach a bridle to)
- to curb; control; put on a leash
- (cooking) to truss (in cooking, to put string around meat, so it keeps its shape when cooking)
- (of clothing) to choke (be too tight)
- to choke (a motor)
Conjugation
Conjugation of brider (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | brider | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | bridant /bʁi.dɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | bridé /bʁi.de/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | bride /bʁid/ | brides /bʁid/ | bride /bʁid/ | bridons /bʁi.dɔ̃/ | bridez /bʁi.de/ | brident /bʁid/ |
imperfect | bridais /bʁi.dɛ/ | bridais /bʁi.dɛ/ | bridait /bʁi.dɛ/ | bridions /bʁi.djɔ̃/ | bridiez /bʁi.dje/ | bridaient /bʁi.dɛ/ | |
past historic2 | bridai /bʁi.de/ | bridas /bʁi.da/ | brida /bʁi.da/ | bridâmes /bʁi.dam/ | bridâtes /bʁi.dat/ | bridèrent /bʁi.dɛʁ/ | |
future | briderai /bʁi.dʁe/ | brideras /bʁi.dʁa/ | bridera /bʁi.dʁa/ | briderons /bʁi.dʁɔ̃/ | briderez /bʁi.dʁe/ | brideront /bʁi.dʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | briderais /bʁi.dʁɛ/ | briderais /bʁi.dʁɛ/ | briderait /bʁi.dʁɛ/ | briderions /bʁi.də.ʁjɔ̃/ | brideriez /bʁi.də.ʁje/ | brideraient /bʁi.dʁɛ/ | |
(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 | bride /bʁid/ | brides /bʁid/ | bride /bʁid/ | bridions /bʁi.djɔ̃/ | bridiez /bʁi.dje/ | brident /bʁid/ |
imperfect2 | bridasse /bʁi.das/ | bridasses /bʁi.das/ | bridât /bʁi.da/ | bridassions /bʁi.da.sjɔ̃/ | bridassiez /bʁi.da.sje/ | bridassent /bʁi.das/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | bride /bʁid/ | — | bridons /bʁi.dɔ̃/ | bridez /bʁi.de/ | — | |
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). |
Antonyms
- débrider
Further reading
- “brider”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.