congédier

French

Etymology

Alteration of Old French congeer, congier, under influence from Italian congedo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ʒe.dje/

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Verb

congédier

1. (transitive) to lay off, dismiss

Conjugation

Conjugation of congédier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	congédier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	congédiant /kɔ̃.ʒe.djɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		congédié /kɔ̃.ʒe.dje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	congédie /kɔ̃.ʒe.di/	congédies /kɔ̃.ʒe.di/	congédie /kɔ̃.ʒe.di/	congédions /kɔ̃.ʒe.djɔ̃/	congédiez /kɔ̃.ʒe.dje/	congédient /kɔ̃.ʒe.di/
	imperfect	congédiais /kɔ̃.ʒe.djɛ/	congédiais /kɔ̃.ʒe.djɛ/	congédiait /kɔ̃.ʒe.djɛ/	congédiions /kɔ̃.ʒe.di.jɔ̃/	congédiiez /kɔ̃.ʒe.di.je/	congédiaient /kɔ̃.ʒe.djɛ/
	past historic2	congédiai /kɔ̃.ʒe.dje/	congédias /kɔ̃.ʒe.dja/	congédia /kɔ̃.ʒe.dja/	congédiâmes /kɔ̃.ʒe.djam/	congédiâtes /kɔ̃.ʒe.djat/	congédièrent /kɔ̃.ʒe.djɛʁ/
	future	congédierai /kɔ̃.ʒe.di.ʁe/	congédieras /kɔ̃.ʒe.di.ʁa/	congédiera /kɔ̃.ʒe.di.ʁa/	congédierons /kɔ̃.ʒe.di.ʁɔ̃/	congédierez /kɔ̃.ʒe.di.ʁe/	congédieront /kɔ̃.ʒe.di.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	congédierais /kɔ̃.ʒe.di.ʁɛ/	congédierais /kɔ̃.ʒe.di.ʁɛ/	congédierait /kɔ̃.ʒe.di.ʁɛ/	congédierions /kɔ̃.ʒe.di.ʁjɔ̃/	congédieriez /kɔ̃.ʒe.di.ʁje/	congédieraient /kɔ̃.ʒe.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	congédie /kɔ̃.ʒe.di/	congédies /kɔ̃.ʒe.di/	congédie /kɔ̃.ʒe.di/	congédiions /kɔ̃.ʒe.di.jɔ̃/	congédiiez /kɔ̃.ʒe.di.je/	congédient /kɔ̃.ʒe.di/
	imperfect2	congédiasse /kɔ̃.ʒe.djas/	congédiasses /kɔ̃.ʒe.djas/	congédiât /kɔ̃.ʒe.dja/	congédiassions /kɔ̃.ʒe.dja.sjɔ̃/	congédiassiez /kɔ̃.ʒe.dja.sje/	congédiassent /kɔ̃.ʒe.djas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	congédie /kɔ̃.ʒe.di/	—	congédions /kɔ̃.ʒe.djɔ̃/	congédiez /kɔ̃.ʒe.dje/	—
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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:congédier.

Further reading

• “congédier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.