prohiber

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prohibēre (“to prohibit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.i.be/

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Verb

prohiber

1. (transitive, law, formal) to prohibit (to proscribe)

   Synonym: interdire

Conjugation

Conjugation of prohiber (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	prohiber
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	prohibant /pʁɔ.i.bɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		prohibé /pʁɔ.i.be/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	prohibe /pʁɔ.ib/	prohibes /pʁɔ.ib/	prohibe /pʁɔ.ib/	prohibons /pʁɔ.i.bɔ̃/	prohibez /pʁɔ.i.be/	prohibent /pʁɔ.ib/
	imperfect	prohibais /pʁɔ.i.bɛ/	prohibais /pʁɔ.i.bɛ/	prohibait /pʁɔ.i.bɛ/	prohibions /pʁɔ.i.bjɔ̃/	prohibiez /pʁɔ.i.bje/	prohibaient /pʁɔ.i.bɛ/
	past historic2	prohibai /pʁɔ.i.be/	prohibas /pʁɔ.i.ba/	prohiba /pʁɔ.i.ba/	prohibâmes /pʁɔ.i.bam/	prohibâtes /pʁɔ.i.bat/	prohibèrent /pʁɔ.i.bɛʁ/
	future	prohiberai /pʁɔ.i.bʁe/	prohiberas /pʁɔ.i.bʁa/	prohibera /pʁɔ.i.bʁa/	prohiberons /pʁɔ.i.bʁɔ̃/	prohiberez /pʁɔ.i.bʁe/	prohiberont /pʁɔ.i.bʁɔ̃/
	conditional	prohiberais /pʁɔ.i.bʁɛ/	prohiberais /pʁɔ.i.bʁɛ/	prohiberait /pʁɔ.i.bʁɛ/	prohiberions /pʁɔ.i.bə.ʁjɔ̃/	prohiberiez /pʁɔ.i.bə.ʁje/	prohiberaient /pʁɔ.i.bʁɛ/
(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	prohibe /pʁɔ.ib/	prohibes /pʁɔ.ib/	prohibe /pʁɔ.ib/	prohibions /pʁɔ.i.bjɔ̃/	prohibiez /pʁɔ.i.bje/	prohibent /pʁɔ.ib/
	imperfect2	prohibasse /pʁɔ.i.bas/	prohibasses /pʁɔ.i.bas/	prohibât /pʁɔ.i.ba/	prohibassions /pʁɔ.i.ba.sjɔ̃/	prohibassiez /pʁɔ.i.ba.sje/	prohibassent /pʁɔ.i.bas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	prohibe /pʁɔ.ib/	—	prohibons /pʁɔ.i.bɔ̃/	prohibez /pʁɔ.i.be/	—
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).

Related terms

• prohibition

Further reading

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