dédire

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French

Etymology

From dé- +‎ dire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.diʁ/
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Verb

dédire

  1. (reflexive) to go back on, retract

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 dédire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple dédire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple dédisant
/de.di.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle dédit
/de.di/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present dédis
/de.di/ 		dédis
/de.di/ 		dédit
/de.di/ 		dédisons
/de.di.zɔ̃/ 		dédisez
/de.di.ze/ 		dédisent
/de.diz/
imperfect dédisais
/de.di.zɛ/ 		dédisais
/de.di.zɛ/ 		dédisait
/de.di.zɛ/ 		dédisions
/de.di.zjɔ̃/ 		dédisiez
/de.di.zje/ 		dédisaient
/de.di.zɛ/
past historic2 dédis
/de.di/ 		dédis
/de.di/ 		dédit
/de.di/ 		dédîmes
/de.dim/ 		dédîtes
/de.dit/ 		dédirent
/de.diʁ/
future dédirai
/de.di.ʁe/ 		dédiras
/de.di.ʁa/ 		dédira
/de.di.ʁa/ 		dédirons
/de.di.ʁɔ̃/ 		dédirez
/de.di.ʁe/ 		dédiront
/de.di.ʁɔ̃/
conditional dédirais
/de.di.ʁɛ/ 		dédirais
/de.di.ʁɛ/ 		dédirait
/de.di.ʁɛ/ 		dédirions
/de.di.ʁjɔ̃/ 		dédiriez
/de.di.ʁje/ 		dédiraient
/de.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 dédise
/de.diz/ 		dédises
/de.diz/ 		dédise
/de.diz/ 		dédisions
/de.di.zjɔ̃/ 		dédisiez
/de.di.zje/ 		dédisent
/de.diz/
imperfect2 dédisse
/de.dis/ 		dédisses
/de.dis/ 		dédît
/de.di/ 		dédissions
/de.di.sjɔ̃/ 		dédissiez
/de.di.sje/ 		dédissent
/de.dis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — dédis
/de.di/ 		— dédisons
/de.di.zɔ̃/ 		dédisez
/de.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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Etymology

dédi +‎ -re

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: dé‧di‧re

Noun

dédire

  1. sublative singular of dédi
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