mépriser

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French

Etymology

From mé- +‎ priser. Compare to English mispraise.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /me.pʁi.ze/
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Verb

mépriser

  1. to hate, despise, scorn, disdain

Conjugation

Conjugation of mépriser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple mépriser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple méprisant
/me.pʁi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle méprisé
/me.pʁi.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present méprise
/me.pʁiz/ 		méprises
/me.pʁiz/ 		méprise
/me.pʁiz/ 		méprisons
/me.pʁi.zɔ̃/ 		méprisez
/me.pʁi.ze/ 		méprisent
/me.pʁiz/
imperfect méprisais
/me.pʁi.zɛ/ 		méprisais
/me.pʁi.zɛ/ 		méprisait
/me.pʁi.zɛ/ 		méprisions
/me.pʁi.zjɔ̃/ 		méprisiez
/me.pʁi.zje/ 		méprisaient
/me.pʁi.zɛ/
past historic2 méprisai
/me.pʁi.ze/ 		méprisas
/me.pʁi.za/ 		méprisa
/me.pʁi.za/ 		méprisâmes
/me.pʁi.zam/ 		méprisâtes
/me.pʁi.zat/ 		méprisèrent
/me.pʁi.zɛʁ/
future mépriserai
/me.pʁiz.ʁe/ 		mépriseras
/me.pʁiz.ʁa/ 		méprisera
/me.pʁiz.ʁa/ 		mépriserons
/me.pʁiz.ʁɔ̃/ 		mépriserez
/me.pʁiz.ʁe/ 		mépriseront
/me.pʁiz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional mépriserais
/me.pʁiz.ʁɛ/ 		mépriserais
/me.pʁiz.ʁɛ/ 		mépriserait
/me.pʁiz.ʁɛ/ 		mépriserions
/me.pʁi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		mépriseriez
/me.pʁi.zə.ʁje/ 		mépriseraient
/me.pʁiz.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 méprise
/me.pʁiz/ 		méprises
/me.pʁiz/ 		méprise
/me.pʁiz/ 		méprisions
/me.pʁi.zjɔ̃/ 		méprisiez
/me.pʁi.zje/ 		méprisent
/me.pʁiz/
imperfect2 méprisasse
/me.pʁi.zas/ 		méprisasses
/me.pʁi.zas/ 		méprisât
/me.pʁi.za/ 		méprisassions
/me.pʁi.za.sjɔ̃/ 		méprisassiez
/me.pʁi.za.sje/ 		méprisassent
/me.pʁi.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — méprise
/me.pʁiz/ 		— méprisons
/me.pʁi.zɔ̃/ 		méprisez
/me.pʁi.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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