distinguer

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French

Etymology

From Middle French distinguer, a 14th-century borrowing from Latin distinguere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dis.tɛ̃.ɡe/
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Verb

distinguer

  1. to distinguish
    Il n’existe pas de critère strictement linguistique permettant de distinguer une langue d’un dialecte.
    There is no strictly linguistic criterion capable of distinguishing a language from a dialect.
  2. (reflexive) to be distinguished
    • 2015 July 16, Monde‎:
      Zohra Bitan se distingue désormais par des opinions proches des identitaires (pour les statistiques ethniques, contre immigration « économique », le communautarisme, le féminisme…).
      Zohra Bitan is now distinguished by opinions close to identitarian (for ethnic statistics, against “economic” immigration, communal separatism, feminism…).

Conjugation

Conjugation of distinguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple distinguer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple distinguant
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle distingué
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present distingue
/dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ 		distingues
/dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ 		distingue
/dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ 		distinguons
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡɔ̃/ 		distinguez
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡe/ 		distinguent
/dis.tɛ̃ɡ/
imperfect distinguais
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡɛ/ 		distinguais
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡɛ/ 		distinguait
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡɛ/ 		distinguions
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡjɔ̃/ 		distinguiez
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡje/ 		distinguaient
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡɛ/
past historic2 distinguai
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡe/ 		distinguas
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡa/ 		distingua
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡa/ 		distinguâmes
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡam/ 		distinguâtes
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡat/ 		distinguèrent
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡɛʁ/
future distinguerai
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁe/ 		distingueras
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁa/ 		distinguera
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁa/ 		distinguerons
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/ 		distinguerez
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁe/ 		distingueront
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/
conditional distinguerais
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ 		distinguerais
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ 		distinguerait
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ 		distinguerions
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		distingueriez
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡə.ʁje/ 		distingueraient
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/
(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 distingue
/dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ 		distingues
/dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ 		distingue
/dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ 		distinguions
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡjɔ̃/ 		distinguiez
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡje/ 		distinguent
/dis.tɛ̃ɡ/
imperfect2 distinguasse
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡas/ 		distinguasses
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡas/ 		distinguât
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡa/ 		distinguassions
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ 		distinguassiez
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡa.sje/ 		distinguassent
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — distingue
/dis.tɛ̃ɡ/ 		— distinguons
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡɔ̃/ 		distinguez
/dis.tɛ̃.ɡe/ 		—
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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Verb

distinguer

  1. to distinguish

Conjugation

    Conjugation of distinguer
infinitive distinguer
participle present perfect
distinguente distinguite
active simple perfect
present distingue ha distinguite
past distingueva habeva distinguite
future distinguera habera distinguite
conditional distinguerea haberea distinguite
imperative distingue
passive simple perfect
present es distinguite ha essite distinguite
past esseva distinguite habeva essite distinguite
future essera distinguite habera essite distinguite
conditional esserea distinguite haberea essite distinguite
imperative sia distinguite
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