méditer

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin meditārī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /me.di.te/
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Verb

méditer

  1. (transitive) to think over, ponder, reflect on
  2. (intransitive) to meditate

Conjugation

Conjugation of méditer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple méditer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple méditant
/me.di.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle médité
/me.di.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present médite
/me.dit/ 		médites
/me.dit/ 		médite
/me.dit/ 		méditons
/me.di.tɔ̃/ 		méditez
/me.di.te/ 		méditent
/me.dit/
imperfect méditais
/me.di.tɛ/ 		méditais
/me.di.tɛ/ 		méditait
/me.di.tɛ/ 		méditions
/me.di.tjɔ̃/ 		méditiez
/me.di.tje/ 		méditaient
/me.di.tɛ/
past historic2 méditai
/me.di.te/ 		méditas
/me.di.ta/ 		médita
/me.di.ta/ 		méditâmes
/me.di.tam/ 		méditâtes
/me.di.tat/ 		méditèrent
/me.di.tɛʁ/
future méditerai
/me.di.tʁe/ 		méditeras
/me.di.tʁa/ 		méditera
/me.di.tʁa/ 		méditerons
/me.di.tʁɔ̃/ 		méditerez
/me.di.tʁe/ 		méditeront
/me.di.tʁɔ̃/
conditional méditerais
/me.di.tʁɛ/ 		méditerais
/me.di.tʁɛ/ 		méditerait
/me.di.tʁɛ/ 		méditerions
/me.di.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		méditeriez
/me.di.tə.ʁje/ 		méditeraient
/me.di.tʁɛ/
(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 médite
/me.dit/ 		médites
/me.dit/ 		médite
/me.dit/ 		méditions
/me.di.tjɔ̃/ 		méditiez
/me.di.tje/ 		méditent
/me.dit/
imperfect2 méditasse
/me.di.tas/ 		méditasses
/me.di.tas/ 		méditât
/me.di.ta/ 		méditassions
/me.di.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		méditassiez
/me.di.ta.sje/ 		méditassent
/me.di.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — médite
/me.dit/ 		— méditons
/me.di.tɔ̃/ 		méditez
/me.di.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).

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Romanian: medita

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