discréditer
French
editEtymology
editFrom dis- + crédit + -er, perhaps from earlier désaccréditer.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdiscréditer
- (transitive) to discredit
- Synonyms: décréditer, décrédibiliser
Conjugation
editConjugation of discréditer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | discréditer | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | discréditant /dis.kʁe.di.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | discrédité /dis.kʁe.di.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | discrédite /dis.kʁe.dit/ |
discrédites /dis.kʁe.dit/ |
discrédite /dis.kʁe.dit/ |
discréditons /dis.kʁe.di.tɔ̃/ |
discréditez /dis.kʁe.di.te/ |
discréditent /dis.kʁe.dit/ |
imperfect | discréditais /dis.kʁe.di.tɛ/ |
discréditais /dis.kʁe.di.tɛ/ |
discréditait /dis.kʁe.di.tɛ/ |
discréditions /dis.kʁe.di.tjɔ̃/ |
discréditiez /dis.kʁe.di.tje/ |
discréditaient /dis.kʁe.di.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | discréditai /dis.kʁe.di.te/ |
discréditas /dis.kʁe.di.ta/ |
discrédita /dis.kʁe.di.ta/ |
discréditâmes /dis.kʁe.di.tam/ |
discréditâtes /dis.kʁe.di.tat/ |
discréditèrent /dis.kʁe.di.tɛʁ/ | |
future | discréditerai /dis.kʁe.di.tʁe/ |
discréditeras /dis.kʁe.di.tʁa/ |
discréditera /dis.kʁe.di.tʁa/ |
discréditerons /dis.kʁe.di.tʁɔ̃/ |
discréditerez /dis.kʁe.di.tʁe/ |
discréditeront /dis.kʁe.di.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | discréditerais /dis.kʁe.di.tʁɛ/ |
discréditerais /dis.kʁe.di.tʁɛ/ |
discréditerait /dis.kʁe.di.tʁɛ/ |
discréditerions /dis.kʁe.di.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
discréditeriez /dis.kʁe.di.tə.ʁje/ |
discréditeraient /dis.kʁe.di.tʁɛ/ | |
(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 | discrédite /dis.kʁe.dit/ |
discrédites /dis.kʁe.dit/ |
discrédite /dis.kʁe.dit/ |
discréditions /dis.kʁe.di.tjɔ̃/ |
discréditiez /dis.kʁe.di.tje/ |
discréditent /dis.kʁe.dit/ |
imperfect2 | discréditasse /dis.kʁe.di.tas/ |
discréditasses /dis.kʁe.di.tas/ |
discréditât /dis.kʁe.di.ta/ |
discréditassions /dis.kʁe.di.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
discréditassiez /dis.kʁe.di.ta.sje/ |
discréditassent /dis.kʁe.di.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | discrédite /dis.kʁe.dit/ |
— | discréditons /dis.kʁe.di.tɔ̃/ |
discréditez /dis.kʁe.di.te/ |
— | |
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). |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “discréditer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.