maudire

French

Etymology

From Old French maudire, maldire, ultimately from Latin maledīcere, present active infinitive of maledīcō (“I slander, curse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mo.diʁ/

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Verb

maudire

1. (transitive) to curse

Conjugation

• This is almost a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. Its only irregularities are in the past participle, which is maudit(e)(s) rather than *maudi(e)(s), and in the infinitive, which is maudire rather than *maudir.

   Conjugation of maudire (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		maudire			avoir maudit
gerund		en maudissant			en ayant maudit
present participle		maudissant
past participle		maudit
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	maudis	maudis	maudit	maudissons	maudissez	maudissent
	imperfect	maudissais	maudissais	maudissait	maudissions	maudissiez	maudissaient
	past historic1	maudis	maudis	maudit	maudîmes	maudîtes	maudirent
	future	maudirai	maudiras	maudira	maudirons	maudirez	maudiront
	conditional	maudirais	maudirais	maudirait	maudirions	maudiriez	maudiraient
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 anterior1	Use the past historic 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 je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	maudisse	maudisses	maudisse	maudissions	maudissiez	maudissent
	imperfect1	maudisse	maudisses	maudît	maudissions	maudissiez	maudissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	maudis	—	maudissons	maudissez	—
1literary tenses

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Old French

Alternative forms

• maldire

Verb

maudire

1. to curse

See also

• mesparler