preceder

See also: précéder

Middle French

Etymology

First known attestation 1353, borrowed from Latin praecedō. Precedent is attested earlier.

Verb

preceder

1. to precede; to go before; to come before

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of preceder

infinitive	simple	preceder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	precedant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		precedé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	precede	precedes	precede	precedons	precedez	precedent
	imperfect	precedois, precedoys	precedois, precedoys	precedoit, precedoyt	precedions, precedyons	precediez, precedyez	precedoient, precedoyent
	past historic	preceda	precedas	preceda	precedasmes	precedastes	precederent
	future	precederai, precederay	precederas	precedera	precederons	precederez	precederont
	conditional	precederois, precederoys	precederois, precederoys	precederoit, precederoyt	precederions, precederyons	precederiez, precederyez	precederoient, precederoyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	precede	precedes	precede	precedons	precedez	precedent
	imperfect	precedasse	precedasses	precedast	precedassions	precedassiez	precedassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	precede	—	precedons	precedez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: précéder

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Portuguese

Verb

1. to precede
2. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /pɾeθeˈdeɾ/ [pɾe.θeˈð̞eɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /pɾeseˈdeɾ/ [pɾe.seˈð̞eɾ]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeθeˈðer/

Verb

1. to precede