ourdir

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ordir, from Latin ōrdīre, collateral form of ōrdīrī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uʁ.diʁ/
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Verb

ourdir

  1. (transitive) to warp (set up a weaving frame)
  2. (transitive, by extension, literary) to plot (set up a plan)
    Synonym: fomenter

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of ourdir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ourdir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ourdissant
/uʁ.di.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ourdi
/uʁ.di/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present ourdis
/uʁ.di/ 		ourdis
/uʁ.di/ 		ourdit
/uʁ.di/ 		ourdissons
/uʁ.di.sɔ̃/ 		ourdissez
/uʁ.di.se/ 		ourdissent
/uʁ.dis/
imperfect ourdissais
/uʁ.di.sɛ/ 		ourdissais
/uʁ.di.sɛ/ 		ourdissait
/uʁ.di.sɛ/ 		ourdissions
/uʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ 		ourdissiez
/uʁ.di.sje/ 		ourdissaient
/uʁ.di.sɛ/
past historic2 ourdis
/uʁ.di/ 		ourdis
/uʁ.di/ 		ourdit
/uʁ.di/ 		ourdîmes
/uʁ.dim/ 		ourdîtes
/uʁ.dit/ 		ourdirent
/uʁ.diʁ/
future ourdirai
/uʁ.di.ʁe/ 		ourdiras
/uʁ.di.ʁa/ 		ourdira
/uʁ.di.ʁa/ 		ourdirons
/uʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/ 		ourdirez
/uʁ.di.ʁe/ 		ourdiront
/uʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/
conditional ourdirais
/uʁ.di.ʁɛ/ 		ourdirais
/uʁ.di.ʁɛ/ 		ourdirait
/uʁ.di.ʁɛ/ 		ourdirions
/uʁ.di.ʁjɔ̃/ 		ourdiriez
/uʁ.di.ʁje/ 		ourdiraient
/uʁ.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 ourdisse
/uʁ.dis/ 		ourdisses
/uʁ.dis/ 		ourdisse
/uʁ.dis/ 		ourdissions
/uʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ 		ourdissiez
/uʁ.di.sje/ 		ourdissent
/uʁ.dis/
imperfect2 ourdisse
/uʁ.dis/ 		ourdisses
/uʁ.dis/ 		ourdît
/uʁ.di/ 		ourdissions
/uʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ 		ourdissiez
/uʁ.di.sje/ 		ourdissent
/uʁ.dis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ourdis
/uʁ.di/ 		— ourdissons
/uʁ.di.sɔ̃/ 		ourdissez
/uʁ.di.se/ 		—
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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