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médire
médire
See also: mediré
French
Verb
médire
- to slander, to speak badly of
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 médire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | médire | avoir médit | |||||
| gerund | en médisant | en ayant médit | |||||
| present participle | médisant /me.di.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | médit /me.di/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | médis /me.di/ |
médis /me.di/ |
médit /me.di/ |
médisons /me.di.zɔ̃/ |
médisez /me.di.ze/ |
médisent /me.diz/ |
| imperfect | médisais /me.di.zɛ/ |
médisais /me.di.zɛ/ |
médisait /me.di.zɛ/ |
médisions /me.di.zjɔ̃/ |
médisiez /me.di.zje/ |
médisaient /me.di.zɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | médis /me.di/ |
médis /me.di/ |
médit /me.di/ |
médîmes /me.dim/ |
médîtes /me.dit/ |
médirent /me.diʁ/ |
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| future | médirai /me.di.ʁe/ |
médiras /me.di.ʁa/ |
médira /me.di.ʁa/ |
médirons /me.di.ʁɔ̃/ |
médirez /me.di.ʁe/ |
médiront /me.di.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | médirais /me.di.ʁɛ/ |
médirais /me.di.ʁɛ/ |
médirait /me.di.ʁɛ/ |
médirions /me.di.ʁjɔ̃/ |
médiriez /me.di.ʁje/ |
médiraient /me.di.ʁɛ/ |
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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 | médise /me.diz/ |
médises /me.diz/ |
médise /me.diz/ |
médisions /me.di.zjɔ̃/ |
médisiez /me.di.zje/ |
médisent /me.diz/ |
| imperfect1 |
médisse /me.dis/ |
médisses /me.dis/ |
médît /me.di/ |
médissions /me.di.sjɔ̃/ |
médissiez /me.di.sje/ |
médissent /me.dis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | médis /me.di/ |
— | médisons /me.di.zɔ̃/ |
médisez /me.di.ze/ |
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