prescrire

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French prescrire (14th c.), borrowed from Latin praescrībere with adaptation to inherited écrire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁɛs.kʁiʁ/
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Verb

prescrire

  1. to prescribe (a medication)

Conjugation

Conjugation of prescrire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple prescrire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple prescrivant
/pʁɛs.kʁi.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle prescrit
/pʁɛs.kʁi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present prescris
/pʁɛs.kʁi/ 		prescris
/pʁɛs.kʁi/ 		prescrit
/pʁɛs.kʁi/ 		prescrivons
/pʁɛs.kʁi.vɔ̃/ 		prescrivez
/pʁɛs.kʁi.ve/ 		prescrivent
/pʁɛs.kʁiv/
imperfect prescrivais
/pʁɛs.kʁi.vɛ/ 		prescrivais
/pʁɛs.kʁi.vɛ/ 		prescrivait
/pʁɛs.kʁi.vɛ/ 		prescrivions
/pʁɛs.kʁi.vjɔ̃/ 		prescriviez
/pʁɛs.kʁi.vje/ 		prescrivaient
/pʁɛs.kʁi.vɛ/
past historic2 prescrivis
/pʁɛs.kʁi.vi/ 		prescrivis
/pʁɛs.kʁi.vi/ 		prescrivit
/pʁɛs.kʁi.vi/ 		prescrivîmes
/pʁɛs.kʁi.vim/ 		prescrivîtes
/pʁɛs.kʁi.vit/ 		prescrivirent
/pʁɛs.kʁi.viʁ/
future prescrirai
/pʁɛs.kʁi.ʁe/ 		prescriras
/pʁɛs.kʁi.ʁa/ 		prescrira
/pʁɛs.kʁi.ʁa/ 		prescrirons
/pʁɛs.kʁi.ʁɔ̃/ 		prescrirez
/pʁɛs.kʁi.ʁe/ 		prescriront
/pʁɛs.kʁi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional prescrirais
/pʁɛs.kʁi.ʁɛ/ 		prescrirais
/pʁɛs.kʁi.ʁɛ/ 		prescrirait
/pʁɛs.kʁi.ʁɛ/ 		prescririons
/pʁɛs.kʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		prescririez
/pʁɛs.kʁi.ʁje/ 		prescriraient
/pʁɛs.kʁi.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 prescrive
/pʁɛs.kʁiv/ 		prescrives
/pʁɛs.kʁiv/ 		prescrive
/pʁɛs.kʁiv/ 		prescrivions
/pʁɛs.kʁi.vjɔ̃/ 		prescriviez
/pʁɛs.kʁi.vje/ 		prescrivent
/pʁɛs.kʁiv/
imperfect2 prescrivisse
/pʁɛs.kʁi.vis/ 		prescrivisses
/pʁɛs.kʁi.vis/ 		prescrivît
/pʁɛs.kʁi.vi/ 		prescrivissions
/pʁɛs.kʁi.vi.sjɔ̃/ 		prescrivissiez
/pʁɛs.kʁi.vi.sje/ 		prescrivissent
/pʁɛs.kʁi.vis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — prescris
/pʁɛs.kʁi/ 		— prescrivons
/pʁɛs.kʁi.vɔ̃/ 		prescrivez
/pʁɛs.kʁi.ve/ 		—
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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