prédire

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedicere.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pʁediʁ/

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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)

		simple			compound
infinitive		prédire			avoir prédit
gerund		en prédisant			en ayant prédit
present participle		prédisant
past participle		prédit
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	prédis	prédis	prédit	prédisons	prédisez	prédisent
	imperfect	prédisais	prédisais	prédisait	prédisions	prédisiez	prédisaient
	past historic1	prédis	prédis	prédit	prédîmes	prédîtes	prédirent
	future	prédirai	prédiras	prédira	prédirons	prédirez	prédiront
	conditional	prédirais	prédirais	prédirait	prédirions	prédiriez	prédiraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	prédise	prédises	prédise	prédisions	prédisiez	prédisent
	imperfect1	prédisse	prédisses	prédît	prédissions	prédissiez	prédissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	prédis	—	prédisons	prédisez	—
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