reduire

See also: réduire and reduiré

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French reduire.

Verb

reduire

1. to reduce

Descendants

• French: réduire

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin redūcō, attested from the 12th century.

Pronunciation

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Verb

reduire

1. to reduce

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• reduccion
• reductiu

Old French

Etymology

Alteration or Gallicization of Latin reduco, reducere, based on conduire.

Verb

reduire

1. to reduce

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 reduire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		reduire			avoir reduit
gerund		en reduisant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		reduisant
past participle		reduit
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	redui	reduis	reduit	reduions	reduiiez	reduient
	imperfect	reduisoie, reduiseie	reduisoies, reduiseies	reduisoit, reduiseit	reduisiiens, reduisiens	reduisiiez, reduisiez	reduisoient, reduiseient
	preterite	reduis	reduisis	reduist	reduisimes	reduisistes	reduistrent
	future	reduirai	reduiras	reduira	reduirons	reduiroiz, reduireiz, reduirez	reduiront
	conditional	reduiroie, reduireie	reduiroies, reduireies	reduiroit, reduireit	reduiriiens, reduiriens	reduiriiez, reduiriez	reduiroient, reduireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	reduie	reduies	reduie	reduiiens, reduions	reduiiez	reduient
	imperfect	reduisisse	reduisisses	reduisist	reduisissons, reduisissiens	reduisissoiz, reduisissez, reduisissiez	reduisissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	redui	—	reduions	reduiiez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: reduire
  • French: réduire