prédire

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See also: predire and prediré

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French predire, borrowed from Latin praedīcere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁe.diʁ/
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Verb

prédire

  1. to predict, foretell

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 prédire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple prédire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple prédisant
/pʁe.di.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle prédit
/pʁe.di/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present prédis
/pʁe.di/ 		prédis
/pʁe.di/ 		prédit
/pʁe.di/ 		prédisons
/pʁe.di.zɔ̃/ 		prédisez
/pʁe.di.ze/ 		prédisent
/pʁe.diz/
imperfect prédisais
/pʁe.di.zɛ/ 		prédisais
/pʁe.di.zɛ/ 		prédisait
/pʁe.di.zɛ/ 		prédisions
/pʁe.di.zjɔ̃/ 		prédisiez
/pʁe.di.zje/ 		prédisaient
/pʁe.di.zɛ/
past historic2 prédis
/pʁe.di/ 		prédis
/pʁe.di/ 		prédit
/pʁe.di/ 		prédîmes
/pʁe.dim/ 		prédîtes
/pʁe.dit/ 		prédirent
/pʁe.diʁ/
future prédirai
/pʁe.di.ʁe/ 		prédiras
/pʁe.di.ʁa/ 		prédira
/pʁe.di.ʁa/ 		prédirons
/pʁe.di.ʁɔ̃/ 		prédirez
/pʁe.di.ʁe/ 		prédiront
/pʁe.di.ʁɔ̃/
conditional prédirais
/pʁe.di.ʁɛ/ 		prédirais
/pʁe.di.ʁɛ/ 		prédirait
/pʁe.di.ʁɛ/ 		prédirions
/pʁe.di.ʁjɔ̃/ 		prédiriez
/pʁe.di.ʁje/ 		prédiraient
/pʁe.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 prédise
/pʁe.diz/ 		prédises
/pʁe.diz/ 		prédise
/pʁe.diz/ 		prédisions
/pʁe.di.zjɔ̃/ 		prédisiez
/pʁe.di.zje/ 		prédisent
/pʁe.diz/
imperfect2 prédisse
/pʁe.dis/ 		prédisses
/pʁe.dis/ 		prédît
/pʁe.di/ 		prédissions
/pʁe.di.sjɔ̃/ 		prédissiez
/pʁe.di.sje/ 		prédissent
/pʁe.dis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — prédis
/pʁe.di/ 		— prédisons
/pʁe.di.zɔ̃/ 		prédisez
/pʁe.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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