préjuger

French

Etymology

From pré- +‎ juger; adaptation of Latin praeiudicare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁe.ʒy.ʒe/

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Verb

préjuger

1. (transitive) to prejudge
2. to foresee; say in advance

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written préjuge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of préjuger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	préjuger
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	préjugeant /pʁe.ʒy.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		préjugé /pʁe.ʒy.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	préjuge /pʁe.ʒyʒ/	préjuges /pʁe.ʒyʒ/	préjuge /pʁe.ʒyʒ/	préjugeons /pʁe.ʒy.ʒɔ̃/	préjugez /pʁe.ʒy.ʒe/	préjugent /pʁe.ʒyʒ/
	imperfect	préjugeais /pʁe.ʒy.ʒɛ/	préjugeais /pʁe.ʒy.ʒɛ/	préjugeait /pʁe.ʒy.ʒɛ/	préjugions /pʁe.ʒy.ʒjɔ̃/	préjugiez /pʁe.ʒy.ʒje/	préjugeaient /pʁe.ʒy.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	préjugeai /pʁe.ʒy.ʒe/	préjugeas /pʁe.ʒy.ʒa/	préjugea /pʁe.ʒy.ʒa/	préjugeâmes /pʁe.ʒy.ʒam/	préjugeâtes /pʁe.ʒy.ʒat/	préjugèrent /pʁe.ʒy.ʒɛʁ/
	future	préjugerai /pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁe/	préjugeras /pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁa/	préjugera /pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁa/	préjugerons /pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁɔ̃/	préjugerez /pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁe/	préjugeront /pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	préjugerais /pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁɛ/	préjugerais /pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁɛ/	préjugerait /pʁe.ʒyʒ.ʁɛ/	préjugerions /pʁe.ʒy.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	préjugeriez /pʁe.ʒy.ʒə.ʁje/	préjugeraient /pʁe.ʒyʒ.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	préjuge /pʁe.ʒyʒ/	préjuges /pʁe.ʒyʒ/	préjuge /pʁe.ʒyʒ/	préjugions /pʁe.ʒy.ʒjɔ̃/	préjugiez /pʁe.ʒy.ʒje/	préjugent /pʁe.ʒyʒ/
	imperfect2	préjugeasse /pʁe.ʒy.ʒas/	préjugeasses /pʁe.ʒy.ʒas/	préjugeât /pʁe.ʒy.ʒa/	préjugeassions /pʁe.ʒy.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	préjugeassiez /pʁe.ʒy.ʒa.sje/	préjugeassent /pʁe.ʒy.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	préjuge /pʁe.ʒyʒ/	—	préjugeons /pʁe.ʒy.ʒɔ̃/	préjugez /pʁe.ʒy.ʒe/	—
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).

Derived terms

• préjugé

Related terms

• préjudice

Further reading

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