From Old French reduire.
reduire
From Latin redūcō, attested from the 12th century.[1]
reduire
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Alteration or Gallicization of Latin reduco, reducere, based on conduire.
reduire
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | reduire | avoir reduit | |||||
gerund | en reduisant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | reduisant | ||||||
past participle | reduit | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | redui | reduis | reduit | reduions | reduiiez | reduient |
imperfect | reduisoie, reduiseie | reduisoies, reduiseies | reduisoit, reduiseit | reduisiiens, reduisiens | reduisiiez, reduisiez | reduisoient, reduiseient | |
preterite | reduis | reduisis | reduist | reduisimes | reduisistes | reduistrent | |
future | reduirai | reduiras | reduira | reduirons | reduiroiz, reduireiz, reduirez | reduiront | |
conditional | reduiroie, reduireie | reduiroies, reduireies | reduiroit, reduireit | reduiriiens, reduiriens | reduiriiez, reduiriez | reduiroient, reduireient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | reduie | reduies | reduie | reduiiens, reduions | reduiiez | reduient |
imperfect | reduisisse | reduisisses | reduisist | reduisissons, reduisissiens | reduisissoiz, reduisissez, reduisissiez | reduisissent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | redui | — | reduions | reduiiez | — |