brider
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁi.de/
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Verb
brider
- to bridle; bridle up (attach a bridle to)
- to curb; control; put on a leash
- (cooking) to truss (in cooking, to put string around meat, so it keeps its shape when cooking)
- (of clothing) to choke (be too tight)
- to choke (a motor)
Conjugation
Conjugation of brider (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | brider | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bridant /bʁi.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bridé /bʁi.de/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bride /bʁid/ |
brides /bʁid/ |
bride /bʁid/ |
bridons /bʁi.dɔ̃/ |
bridez /bʁi.de/ |
brident /bʁid/ |
| imperfect | bridais /bʁi.dɛ/ |
bridais /bʁi.dɛ/ |
bridait /bʁi.dɛ/ |
bridions /bʁi.djɔ̃/ |
bridiez /bʁi.dje/ |
bridaient /bʁi.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bridai /bʁi.de/ |
bridas /bʁi.da/ |
brida /bʁi.da/ |
bridâmes /bʁi.dam/ |
bridâtes /bʁi.dat/ |
bridèrent /bʁi.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | briderai /bʁi.dʁe/ |
brideras /bʁi.dʁa/ |
bridera /bʁi.dʁa/ |
briderons /bʁi.dʁɔ̃/ |
briderez /bʁi.dʁe/ |
brideront /bʁi.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | briderais /bʁi.dʁɛ/ |
briderais /bʁi.dʁɛ/ |
briderait /bʁi.dʁɛ/ |
briderions /bʁi.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
brideriez /bʁi.də.ʁje/ |
brideraient /bʁi.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 | bride /bʁid/ |
brides /bʁid/ |
bride /bʁid/ |
bridions /bʁi.djɔ̃/ |
bridiez /bʁi.dje/ |
brident /bʁid/ |
| imperfect2 | bridasse /bʁi.das/ |
bridasses /bʁi.das/ |
bridât /bʁi.da/ |
bridassions /bʁi.da.sjɔ̃/ |
bridassiez /bʁi.da.sje/ |
bridassent /bʁi.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bride /bʁid/ |
— | bridons /bʁi.dɔ̃/ |
bridez /bʁi.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Antonyms
Further reading
- “brider”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.