diriger

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from Latin dīrigō, dīrigere (“to direct”), simplified into a first conjugation French verb.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

diriger

  1. (transitive) to run; to direct (be the director of)
    Il dirige son entreprise avec passion.
    He runs his business with passion.
  2. to supervise; to oversee
  3. to steer (vehicles)
    Il sait bien diriger le bateau.
    He knows how to steer the boat.
  4. to aim, to direct
    Dirigez vos armes à l'ennemi.
    Aim your weapons at the enemy.
  5. to direct (a film)
  6. (reflexive, se diriger) To go towards; to head (for)
    Le camion se dirige vers la falaise.
    The truck is heading for the cliff.

Conjugation[edit]

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written dirige- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

  Conjugation of diriger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive diriger avoir dirigé
gerund en dirigeant en ayant dirigé
present participle dirigeant
/di.ʁi.ʒɑ̃/
past participle dirigé
/di.ʁi.ʒe/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present dirige
/di.ʁiʒ/		 diriges
/di.ʁiʒ/		 dirige
/di.ʁiʒ/		 dirigeons
/di.ʁi.ʒɔ̃/		 dirigez
/di.ʁi.ʒe/		 dirigent
/di.ʁiʒ/
imperfect dirigeais
/di.ʁi.ʒɛ/		 dirigeais
/di.ʁi.ʒɛ/		 dirigeait
/di.ʁi.ʒɛ/		 dirigions
/di.ʁi.ʒjɔ̃/		 dirigiez
/di.ʁi.ʒje/		 dirigeaient
/di.ʁi.ʒɛ/
past historic1 dirigeai
/di.ʁi.ʒe/		 dirigeas
/di.ʁi.ʒa/		 dirigea
/di.ʁi.ʒa/		 dirigeâmes
/di.ʁi.ʒam/		 dirigeâtes
/di.ʁi.ʒat/		 dirigèrent
/di.ʁi.ʒɛʁ/
future dirigerai
/di.ʁiʒ.ʁe/		 dirigeras
/di.ʁiʒ.ʁa/		 dirigera
/di.ʁiʒ.ʁa/		 dirigerons
/di.ʁiʒ.ʁɔ̃/		 dirigerez
/di.ʁiʒ.ʁe/		 dirigeront
/di.ʁiʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional dirigerais
/di.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/		 dirigerais
/di.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/		 dirigerait
/di.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/		 dirigerions
/di.ʁi.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/		 dirigeriez
/di.ʁi.ʒə.ʁje/		 dirigeraient
/di.ʁiʒ.ʁɛ/
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 dirige
/di.ʁiʒ/		 diriges
/di.ʁiʒ/		 dirige
/di.ʁiʒ/		 dirigions
/di.ʁi.ʒjɔ̃/		 dirigiez
/di.ʁi.ʒje/		 dirigent
/di.ʁiʒ/
imperfect1 dirigeasse
/di.ʁi.ʒas/		 dirigeasses
/di.ʁi.ʒas/		 dirigeât
/di.ʁi.ʒa/		 dirigeassions
/di.ʁi.ʒa.sjɔ̃/		 dirigeassiez
/di.ʁi.ʒa.sje/		 dirigeassent
/di.ʁi.ʒas/
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— dirige
/di.ʁiʒ/		 — dirigeons
/di.ʁi.ʒɔ̃/		 dirigez
/di.ʁi.ʒe/		 —
1literary tenses

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Verb[edit]

diriger

  1. imperative of dirigere
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