discréditer

French

Etymology

From dis- +‎ crédit +‎ -er, perhaps from earlier désaccréditer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dis.kʁe.di.te/
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Verb

discréditer

  1. (transitive) to discredit
    Synonyms: décréditer, décrédibiliser

Conjugation

Conjugation of discréditer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple discréditer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple discréditant
/dis.kʁe.di.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle discrédité
/dis.kʁe.di.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present discrédite
/dis.kʁe.dit/ 		discrédites
/dis.kʁe.dit/ 		discrédite
/dis.kʁe.dit/ 		discréditons
/dis.kʁe.di.tɔ̃/ 		discréditez
/dis.kʁe.di.te/ 		discréditent
/dis.kʁe.dit/
imperfect discréditais
/dis.kʁe.di.tɛ/ 		discréditais
/dis.kʁe.di.tɛ/ 		discréditait
/dis.kʁe.di.tɛ/ 		discréditions
/dis.kʁe.di.tjɔ̃/ 		discréditiez
/dis.kʁe.di.tje/ 		discréditaient
/dis.kʁe.di.tɛ/
past historic2 discréditai
/dis.kʁe.di.te/ 		discréditas
/dis.kʁe.di.ta/ 		discrédita
/dis.kʁe.di.ta/ 		discréditâmes
/dis.kʁe.di.tam/ 		discréditâtes
/dis.kʁe.di.tat/ 		discréditèrent
/dis.kʁe.di.tɛʁ/
future discréditerai
/dis.kʁe.di.tʁe/ 		discréditeras
/dis.kʁe.di.tʁa/ 		discréditera
/dis.kʁe.di.tʁa/ 		discréditerons
/dis.kʁe.di.tʁɔ̃/ 		discréditerez
/dis.kʁe.di.tʁe/ 		discréditeront
/dis.kʁe.di.tʁɔ̃/
conditional discréditerais
/dis.kʁe.di.tʁɛ/ 		discréditerais
/dis.kʁe.di.tʁɛ/ 		discréditerait
/dis.kʁe.di.tʁɛ/ 		discréditerions
/dis.kʁe.di.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		discréditeriez
/dis.kʁe.di.tə.ʁje/ 		discréditeraient
/dis.kʁe.di.tʁɛ/
(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 discrédite
/dis.kʁe.dit/ 		discrédites
/dis.kʁe.dit/ 		discrédite
/dis.kʁe.dit/ 		discréditions
/dis.kʁe.di.tjɔ̃/ 		discréditiez
/dis.kʁe.di.tje/ 		discréditent
/dis.kʁe.dit/
imperfect2 discréditasse
/dis.kʁe.di.tas/ 		discréditasses
/dis.kʁe.di.tas/ 		discréditât
/dis.kʁe.di.ta/ 		discréditassions
/dis.kʁe.di.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		discréditassiez
/dis.kʁe.di.ta.sje/ 		discréditassent
/dis.kʁe.di.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — discrédite
/dis.kʁe.dit/ 		— discréditons
/dis.kʁe.di.tɔ̃/ 		discréditez
/dis.kʁe.di.te/ 		—
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).

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