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Webster 1913 Edition
Guider
Guid′er
,Noun.
A guide; a director.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Guider
GUIDER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
guider
guider
French
Etymology
From a modification, based on guide, of Old French guier (cf. also Old Provençal guidar, guida), of Germanic origin; e.g. Frankish *wītan, Proto-Germanic *witaną, possibly through a Medieval Latin intermediary. Compare Italian guidare, Spanish guiar.
Pronunciation
Verb
guider
- to guide
Conjugation
Conjugation of guider (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | guider | avoir guidé | |||||
| gerund | en guidant | en ayant guidé | |||||
| present participle | guidant /ɡi.dɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | guidé /ɡi.de/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | guide /ɡid/ |
guides /ɡid/ |
guide /ɡid/ |
guidons /ɡi.dɔ̃/ |
guidez /ɡi.de/ |
guident /ɡid/ |
| imperfect | guidais /ɡi.dɛ/ |
guidais /ɡi.dɛ/ |
guidait /ɡi.dɛ/ |
guidions /ɡi.djɔ̃/ |
guidiez /ɡi.dje/ |
guidaient /ɡi.dɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | guidai /ɡi.de/ |
guidas /ɡi.da/ |
guida /ɡi.da/ |
guidâmes /ɡi.dam/ |
guidâtes /ɡi.dat/ |
guidèrent /ɡi.dɛʁ/ |
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| future | guiderai /ɡi.dʁe/ |
guideras /ɡi.dʁa/ |
guidera /ɡi.dʁa/ |
guiderons /ɡi.dʁɔ̃/ |
guiderez /ɡi.dʁe/ |
guideront /ɡi.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | guiderais /ɡi.dʁɛ/ |
guiderais /ɡi.dʁɛ/ |
guiderait /ɡi.dʁɛ/ |
guiderions /ɡi.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
guideriez /ɡi.də.ʁje/ |
guideraient /ɡi.dʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | guide /ɡid/ |
guides /ɡid/ |
guide /ɡid/ |
guidions /ɡi.djɔ̃/ |
guidiez /ɡi.dje/ |
guident /ɡid/ |
| imperfect1 |
guidasse /ɡi.das/ |
guidasses /ɡi.das/ |
guidât /ɡi.da/ |
guidassions /ɡi.da.sjɔ̃/ |
guidassiez /ɡi.da.sje/ |
guidassent /ɡi.das/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | guide /ɡid/ |
— | guidons /ɡi.dɔ̃/ |
guidez /ɡi.de/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Middle French
Alternative forms
- guyder
Etymology
Modification of Old French guier based on the noun guide, from Old Provençal guida. See above.
Verb
guider
- to guide
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of guider
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | guider | avoir guidé | |||||
| gerund | en guidant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | guidant | ||||||
| past participle | guidé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | guide | guides | guide | guidons | guidez | guident |
| imperfect | guidois, guidoys | guidois, guidoys | guidoit, guidoyt | guidions, guidyons | guidiez, guidyez | guidoient, guidoyent | |
| past historic | guida | guidas | guida | guidasmes | guidastes | guiderent | |
| future | guiderai, guideray | guideras | guidera | guiderons | guiderez | guideront | |
| conditional | guiderois, guideroys | guiderois, guideroys | guideroit, guideroyt | guiderions, guideryons | guideriez, guideryez | guideroient, guideroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | guide | guides | guide | guidons | guidez | guident |
| imperfect | guidasse | guidasses | guidast | guidassions | guidassiez | guidassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | guide | — | guidons | guidez | — | ||