congédier
French
editEtymology
editAlteration of Old French congeer, congier, under influence from Italian congedo.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcongédier
- (transitive) to lay off, dismiss
Conjugation
editConjugation of congédier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | congédier | |||||
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Quotations
edit- For quotations using this term, see Citations:congédier.
Further reading
edit- “congédier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.