conduire

See also: conduiré

French

Etymology

From Old French conduire, cunduire, from Latin condūcere, present active infinitive of condūcō (“lead, bring or draw together”), from con- + dūcō (“lead”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.dɥiʁ/
  • audio(file)

Verb

conduire

  1. to drive (a vehicle)
    Il conduit la voiture.
    He is driving the car.
  2. to lead, to conduct
  3. (reflexive, se conduire) to behave, to conduct oneself
    Synonym: se comporter
    Les enfants se conduisent mal.
    The children are behaving badly.

Conjugation
Conjugation of conduire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple conduire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple conduisant
/kɔ̃.dɥi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle conduit
/kɔ̃.dɥi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present conduis
/kɔ̃.dɥi/		 conduis
/kɔ̃.dɥi/		 conduit
/kɔ̃.dɥi/		 conduisons
/kɔ̃.dɥi.zɔ̃/		 conduisez
/kɔ̃.dɥi.ze/		 conduisent
/kɔ̃.dɥiz/
imperfect conduisais
/kɔ̃.dɥi.zɛ/		 conduisais
/kɔ̃.dɥi.zɛ/		 conduisait
/kɔ̃.dɥi.zɛ/		 conduisions
/kɔ̃.dɥi.zjɔ̃/		 conduisiez
/kɔ̃.dɥi.zje/		 conduisaient
/kɔ̃.dɥi.zɛ/
past historic2 conduisis
/kɔ̃.dɥi.zi/		 conduisis
/kɔ̃.dɥi.zi/		 conduisit
/kɔ̃.dɥi.zi/		 conduisîmes
/kɔ̃.dɥi.zim/		 conduisîtes
/kɔ̃.dɥi.zit/		 conduisirent
/kɔ̃.dɥi.ziʁ/
future conduirai
/kɔ̃.dɥi.ʁe/		 conduiras
/kɔ̃.dɥi.ʁa/		 conduira
/kɔ̃.dɥi.ʁa/		 conduirons
/kɔ̃.dɥi.ʁɔ̃/		 conduirez
/kɔ̃.dɥi.ʁe/		 conduiront
/kɔ̃.dɥi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional conduirais
/kɔ̃.dɥi.ʁɛ/		 conduirais
/kɔ̃.dɥi.ʁɛ/		 conduirait
/kɔ̃.dɥi.ʁɛ/		 conduirions
/kɔ̃.dɥi.ʁjɔ̃/		 conduiriez
/kɔ̃.dɥi.ʁje/		 conduiraient
/kɔ̃.dɥi.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 conduise
/kɔ̃.dɥiz/		 conduises
/kɔ̃.dɥiz/		 conduise
/kɔ̃.dɥiz/		 conduisions
/kɔ̃.dɥi.zjɔ̃/		 conduisiez
/kɔ̃.dɥi.zje/		 conduisent
/kɔ̃.dɥiz/
imperfect2 conduisisse
/kɔ̃.dɥi.zis/		 conduisisses
/kɔ̃.dɥi.zis/		 conduisît
/kɔ̃.dɥi.zi/		 conduisissions
/kɔ̃.dɥi.zi.sjɔ̃/		 conduisissiez
/kɔ̃.dɥi.zi.sje/		 conduisissent
/kɔ̃.dɥi.zis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — conduis
/kɔ̃.dɥi/		 — conduisons
/kɔ̃.dɥi.zɔ̃/		 conduisez
/kɔ̃.dɥi.ze/		 —
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

Further reading

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin condūcere, present active infinitive of condūcō (“lead, bring or draw together”), from con- + dūcō (“lead”).

Verb

conduire

  1. to steer; to guide; to lead
    • circa 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland:
      Si aiderez a cunduire ma gent.
      If you will help me guide my people

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of conduire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive conduire avoir conduit
gerund en conduisant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle conduisant
past participle conduit
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present condui conduis conduit conduions conduiiez conduient
imperfect conduisoie, conduiseie conduisoies, conduiseies conduisoit, conduiseit conduisiiens, conduisiens conduisiiez, conduisiez conduisoient, conduiseient
preterite conduis conduisis conduist conduisimes conduisistes conduistrent
future conduirai conduiras conduira conduirons conduiroiz, conduireiz, conduirez conduiront
conditional conduiroie, conduireie conduiroies, conduireies conduiroit, conduireit conduiriiens, conduiriens conduiriiez, conduiriez conduiroient, conduireient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present conduie conduies conduie conduiiens, conduions conduiiez conduient
imperfect conduisisse conduisisses conduisist conduisissons, conduisissiens conduisissoiz, conduisissez, conduisissiez conduisissent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— condui — conduions conduiiez —

Descendants
  • French: conduire

References
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.