produire

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See also: produiré

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French produire, borrowed from Latin prōdūcere, with conjugation based on verbs like conduire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁɔ.dɥiʁ/
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Verb

produire

  1. (transitive) to produce, to yield
  2. (reflexive) to happen, take place (of an event)
    Synonyms: arriver, se passer
  3. (reflexive) to perform (of a singer, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of produire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple produire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple produisant
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle produit
/pʁɔ.dɥi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present produis
/pʁɔ.dɥi/ 		produis
/pʁɔ.dɥi/ 		produit
/pʁɔ.dɥi/ 		produisons
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zɔ̃/ 		produisez
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ze/ 		produisent
/pʁɔ.dɥiz/
imperfect produisais
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/ 		produisais
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/ 		produisait
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/ 		produisions
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zjɔ̃/ 		produisiez
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zje/ 		produisaient
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/
past historic2 produisis
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zi/ 		produisis
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zi/ 		produisit
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zi/ 		produisîmes
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zim/ 		produisîtes
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zit/ 		produisirent
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ziʁ/
future produirai
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁe/ 		produiras
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁa/ 		produira
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁa/ 		produirons
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɔ̃/ 		produirez
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁe/ 		produiront
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional produirais
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɛ/ 		produirais
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɛ/ 		produirait
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɛ/ 		produirions
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		produiriez
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁje/ 		produiraient
/pʁɔ.dɥi.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 produise
/pʁɔ.dɥiz/ 		produises
/pʁɔ.dɥiz/ 		produise
/pʁɔ.dɥiz/ 		produisions
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zjɔ̃/ 		produisiez
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zje/ 		produisent
/pʁɔ.dɥiz/
imperfect2 produisisse
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zis/ 		produisisses
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zis/ 		produisît
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zi/ 		produisissions
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zi.sjɔ̃/ 		produisissiez
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zi.sje/ 		produisissent
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — produis
/pʁɔ.dɥi/ 		— produisons
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zɔ̃/ 		produisez
/pʁɔ.dɥi.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).

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōdūcere, present active infinitive of prōdūcō, with conjugation based on verbs like conduire.

Verb

produire

  1. to produce; to yield; to give

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