médire

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See also: mediré

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mesdire, corresponding to mé- +‎ dire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /me.diʁ/
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Verb

médire

  1. (archaic or literary) 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)
infinitive simple médire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple médisant
/me.di.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle médit
/me.di/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(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/
past historic2 médis
/me.di/ 		médis
/me.di/ 		médit
/me.di/ 		médîmes
/me.dim/ 		médîtes
/me.dit/ 		médirent
/me.diʁ/
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/
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/
(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 médise
/me.diz/ 		médises
/me.diz/ 		médise
/me.diz/ 		médisions
/me.di.zjɔ̃/ 		médisiez
/me.di.zje/ 		médisent
/me.diz/
imperfect2 médisse
/me.dis/ 		médisses
/me.dis/ 		médît
/me.di/ 		médissions
/me.di.sjɔ̃/ 		médissiez
/me.di.sje/ 		médissent
/me.dis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — médis
/me.di/ 		— médisons
/me.di.zɔ̃/ 		médisez
/me.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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