nuire

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French nuire, from Vulgar Latin *nocĕre, from Latin nocēre (> Old French nuisir).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɥiʁ/
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Verb

nuire

  1. (intransitive) to harm, to spoil
    Fumer nuit à la santé.
    Smoking is harmful to your health.
    La cigarette nuit au bébé.
    Cigarettes are harmful to a baby.
    • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, Sceptre, page 76:
      Et si vous nuisez à ma réputation, eh bien, il faudra que je ruine la vôtre.
      And if you ruin my reputation, well, I'll have to ruin yours.

Conjugation

Conjugation of nuire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple nuire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple nuisant
/nɥi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle nui
/nɥi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present nuis
/nɥi/ 		nuis
/nɥi/ 		nuit
/nɥi/ 		nuisons
/nɥi.zɔ̃/ 		nuisez
/nɥi.ze/ 		nuisent
/nɥiz/
imperfect nuisais
/nɥi.zɛ/ 		nuisais
/nɥi.zɛ/ 		nuisait
/nɥi.zɛ/ 		nuisions
/nɥi.zjɔ̃/ 		nuisiez
/nɥi.zje/ 		nuisaient
/nɥi.zɛ/
past historic2 nuisis
/nɥi.zi/ 		nuisis
/nɥi.zi/ 		nuisit
/nɥi.zi/ 		nuisîmes
/nɥi.zim/ 		nuisîtes
/nɥi.zit/ 		nuisirent
/nɥi.ziʁ/
future nuirai
/nɥi.ʁe/ 		nuiras
/nɥi.ʁa/ 		nuira
/nɥi.ʁa/ 		nuirons
/nɥi.ʁɔ̃/ 		nuirez
/nɥi.ʁe/ 		nuiront
/nɥi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional nuirais
/nɥi.ʁɛ/ 		nuirais
/nɥi.ʁɛ/ 		nuirait
/nɥi.ʁɛ/ 		nuirions
/nɥi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		nuiriez
/nɥi.ʁje/ 		nuiraient
/nɥi.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 nuise
/nɥiz/ 		nuises
/nɥiz/ 		nuise
/nɥiz/ 		nuisions
/nɥi.zjɔ̃/ 		nuisiez
/nɥi.zje/ 		nuisent
/nɥiz/
imperfect2 nuisisse
/nɥi.zis/ 		nuisisses
/nɥi.zis/ 		nuisît
/nɥi.zi/ 		nuisissions
/nɥi.zi.sjɔ̃/ 		nuisissiez
/nɥi.zi.sje/ 		nuisissent
/nɥi.zis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — nuis
/nɥi/ 		— nuisons
/nɥi.zɔ̃/ 		nuisez
/nɥi.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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