discréditer
French
editEtymology
editFromdis- +crédit +-er, perhaps from earlierdésaccréditer.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdiscréditer
- (transitive) todiscredit
- Synonyms:décréditer,décrédibiliser
Conjugation
editConjugation ofdiscréditer(see alsoAppendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | discréditer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle orgerund1 | 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 ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional ofavoir + 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 ofavoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | discrédite /dis.kʁe.dit/ | — | discréditons /dis.kʁe.di.tɔ̃/ | discréditez /dis.kʁe.di.te/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | simple imperative ofavoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the prepositionen. | |||||||
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”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.
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