démentir

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French

Etymology

From dé- +‎ mentir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.mɑ̃.tiʁ/
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Verb

démentir

  1. to contradict, gainsay (someone)
  2. to deny, refute (rumour etc.)
  3. to belie (appearances)

Conjugation

This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include sortir and dormir. The most significant difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms (je, tu) démens and (il) dément in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *démentis and *démentit (as in the past historic).

Conjugation of démentir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple démentir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple démentant
/de.mɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle démenti
/de.mɑ̃.ti/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present démens
/de.mɑ̃/ 		démens
/de.mɑ̃/ 		dément
/de.mɑ̃/ 		démentons
/de.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		démentez
/de.mɑ̃.te/ 		démentent
/de.mɑ̃t/
imperfect démentais
/de.mɑ̃.tɛ/ 		démentais
/de.mɑ̃.tɛ/ 		démentait
/de.mɑ̃.tɛ/ 		démentions
/de.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		démentiez
/de.mɑ̃.tje/ 		démentaient
/de.mɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 démentis
/de.mɑ̃.ti/ 		démentis
/de.mɑ̃.ti/ 		démentit
/de.mɑ̃.ti/ 		démentîmes
/de.mɑ̃.tim/ 		démentîtes
/de.mɑ̃.tit/ 		démentirent
/de.mɑ̃.tiʁ/
future démentirai
/de.mɑ̃.ti.ʁe/ 		démentiras
/de.mɑ̃.ti.ʁa/ 		démentira
/de.mɑ̃.ti.ʁa/ 		démentirons
/de.mɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/ 		démentirez
/de.mɑ̃.ti.ʁe/ 		démentiront
/de.mɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/
conditional démentirais
/de.mɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ 		démentirais
/de.mɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ 		démentirait
/de.mɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ 		démentirions
/de.mɑ̃.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ 		démentiriez
/de.mɑ̃.ti.ʁje/ 		démentiraient
/de.mɑ̃.ti.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 démente
/de.mɑ̃t/ 		démentes
/de.mɑ̃t/ 		démente
/de.mɑ̃t/ 		démentions
/de.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		démentiez
/de.mɑ̃.tje/ 		démentent
/de.mɑ̃t/
imperfect2 démentisse
/de.mɑ̃.tis/ 		démentisses
/de.mɑ̃.tis/ 		démentît
/de.mɑ̃.ti/ 		démentissions
/de.mɑ̃.ti.sjɔ̃/ 		démentissiez
/de.mɑ̃.ti.sje/ 		démentissent
/de.mɑ̃.tis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — démens
/de.mɑ̃/ 		— démentons
/de.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		démentez
/de.mɑ̃.te/ 		—
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).

Descendants

  • → German: dementieren

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