cuider

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French cuidier, inherited from Latin cōgitāre (“to think”). Doublet of cogiter, which was a borrowing. Compare Portuguese and Spanish cuidar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɥi.de/

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Verb

cuider

1. (obsolete) to think, to consider

Conjugation

Conjugation of cuider (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	cuider
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	cuidant /kɥi.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		cuidé /kɥi.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	cuide /kɥid/	cuides /kɥid/	cuide /kɥid/	cuidons /kɥi.dɔ̃/	cuidez /kɥi.de/	cuident /kɥid/
	imperfect	cuidais /kɥi.dɛ/	cuidais /kɥi.dɛ/	cuidait /kɥi.dɛ/	cuidions /kɥi.djɔ̃/	cuidiez /kɥi.dje/	cuidaient /kɥi.dɛ/
	past historic2	cuidai /kɥi.de/	cuidas /kɥi.da/	cuida /kɥi.da/	cuidâmes /kɥi.dam/	cuidâtes /kɥi.dat/	cuidèrent /kɥi.dɛʁ/
	future	cuiderai /kɥi.dʁe/	cuideras /kɥi.dʁa/	cuidera /kɥi.dʁa/	cuiderons /kɥi.dʁɔ̃/	cuiderez /kɥi.dʁe/	cuideront /kɥi.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	cuiderais /kɥi.dʁɛ/	cuiderais /kɥi.dʁɛ/	cuiderait /kɥi.dʁɛ/	cuiderions /kɥi.də.ʁjɔ̃/	cuideriez /kɥi.də.ʁje/	cuideraient /kɥi.dʁɛ/
(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	cuide /kɥid/	cuides /kɥid/	cuide /kɥid/	cuidions /kɥi.djɔ̃/	cuidiez /kɥi.dje/	cuident /kɥid/
	imperfect2	cuidasse /kɥi.das/	cuidasses /kɥi.das/	cuidât /kɥi.da/	cuidassions /kɥi.da.sjɔ̃/	cuidassiez /kɥi.da.sje/	cuidassent /kɥi.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	cuide /kɥid/	—	cuidons /kɥi.dɔ̃/	cuidez /kɥi.de/	—
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

• outrecuider, outrecuidance

Further reading

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

Old French

Verb

cuider

1. Alternative form of cuidier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of cuider (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		cuider			avoir cuidé
gerund		en cuidant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		cuidant
past participle		cuidé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	cuit	cuides	cuide	cuidons	cuidez	cuident
	imperfect	cuidoie, cuideie, cuidoe, cuideve	cuidoies, cuideies, cuidoes, cuideves	cuidoit, cuideit, cuidot, cuideve	cuidiiens, cuidiens	cuidiiez, cuidiez	cuidoient, cuideient, cuidoent, cuidevent
	preterite	cuidai	cuidas	cuida	cuidames	cuidastes	cuiderent
	future	cuiderai	cuideras	cuidera	cuiderons	cuideroiz, cuidereiz, cuiderez	cuideront
	conditional	cuideroie, cuidereie	cuideroies, cuidereies	cuideroit, cuidereit	cuideriiens, cuideriens	cuideriiez, cuideriez	cuideroient, cuidereient
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	cuit	cuiz	cuit	cuidons	cuidez	cuident
	imperfect	cuidasse	cuidasses	cuidast	cuidissons, cuidissiens	cuidissoiz, cuidissez, cuidissiez	cuidassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	cuide	—	cuidons	cuidez	—