introduire

See also: introduiré

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intrōdūcere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥiʁ/

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Verb

introduire

1. to introduce
2. to insert, to put in

Conjugation

Conjugation of introduire (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	introduire
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	introduisant /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		introduit /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	introduis /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi/	introduis /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi/	introduit /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi/	introduisons /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zɔ̃/	introduisez /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ze/	introduisent /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥiz/
	imperfect	introduisais /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/	introduisais /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/	introduisait /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/	introduisions /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zjɔ̃/	introduisiez /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zje/	introduisaient /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/
	past historic2	introduisis /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zi/	introduisis /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zi/	introduisit /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zi/	introduisîmes /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zim/	introduisîtes /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zit/	introduisirent /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ziʁ/
	future	introduirai /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁe/	introduiras /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁa/	introduira /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁa/	introduirons /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɔ̃/	introduirez /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁe/	introduiront /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	introduirais /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɛ/	introduirais /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɛ/	introduirait /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɛ/	introduirions /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁjɔ̃/	introduiriez /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.ʁje/	introduiraient /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.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	introduise /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥiz/	introduises /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥiz/	introduise /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥiz/	introduisions /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zjɔ̃/	introduisiez /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zje/	introduisent /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥiz/
	imperfect2	introduisisse /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zis/	introduisisses /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zis/	introduisît /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zi/	introduisissions /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zi.sjɔ̃/	introduisissiez /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zi.sje/	introduisissent /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	introduis /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi/	—	introduisons /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dɥi.zɔ̃/	introduisez /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.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

• réintroduire

Related terms

• introduction

Further reading

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

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin introduco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /intruðyˈire/

• Audio (Languedoc):

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Verb

introduire

1. (Limousin, Languedoc, Provençal, Vivaro-alpine) to lead one thing into another, insert put in
2. to present somebody for the purpose of meeting others or to integrate them in a group

Dialectal variants

• introdurre (Provençal, Vivaro-alpine)
• introdusir (Gascon)
• introdúser

Related terms

• introduccion
• introductiu
• introductor