prodiguer
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin prōdigō (infinitive prōdigere).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
prodiguer
- (transitive) to dispense, to lavish (something on someone)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of prodiguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | prodiguer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | prodiguant /pʁɔ.di.ɡɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | prodigué /pʁɔ.di.ɡe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | prodigue /pʁɔ.diɡ/ |
prodigues /pʁɔ.diɡ/ |
prodigue /pʁɔ.diɡ/ |
prodiguons /pʁɔ.di.ɡɔ̃/ |
prodiguez /pʁɔ.di.ɡe/ |
prodiguent /pʁɔ.diɡ/ |
| imperfect | prodiguais /pʁɔ.di.ɡɛ/ |
prodiguais /pʁɔ.di.ɡɛ/ |
prodiguait /pʁɔ.di.ɡɛ/ |
prodiguions /pʁɔ.di.ɡjɔ̃/ |
prodiguiez /pʁɔ.di.ɡje/ |
prodiguaient /pʁɔ.di.ɡɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | prodiguai /pʁɔ.di.ɡe/ |
prodiguas /pʁɔ.di.ɡa/ |
prodigua /pʁɔ.di.ɡa/ |
prodiguâmes /pʁɔ.di.ɡam/ |
prodiguâtes /pʁɔ.di.ɡat/ |
prodiguèrent /pʁɔ.di.ɡɛʁ/ | |
| future | prodiguerai /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁe/ |
prodigueras /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁa/ |
prodiguera /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁa/ |
prodiguerons /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁɔ̃/ |
prodiguerez /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁe/ |
prodigueront /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | prodiguerais /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁɛ/ |
prodiguerais /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁɛ/ |
prodiguerait /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁɛ/ |
prodiguerions /pʁɔ.di.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
prodigueriez /pʁɔ.di.ɡə.ʁje/ |
prodigueraient /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | prodigue /pʁɔ.diɡ/ |
prodigues /pʁɔ.diɡ/ |
prodigue /pʁɔ.diɡ/ |
prodiguions /pʁɔ.di.ɡjɔ̃/ |
prodiguiez /pʁɔ.di.ɡje/ |
prodiguent /pʁɔ.diɡ/ |
| imperfect2 | prodiguasse /pʁɔ.di.ɡas/ |
prodiguasses /pʁɔ.di.ɡas/ |
prodiguât /pʁɔ.di.ɡa/ |
prodiguassions /pʁɔ.di.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ |
prodiguassiez /pʁɔ.di.ɡa.sje/ |
prodiguassent /pʁɔ.di.ɡas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | prodigue /pʁɔ.diɡ/ |
— | prodiguons /pʁɔ.di.ɡɔ̃/ |
prodiguez /pʁɔ.di.ɡe/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading edit
- “prodiguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.