prescrire
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French prescrire (14th c.), borrowed from Latin praescrībere with adaptation to inherited écrire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɛs.kʁiʁ/
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Verb
prescrire
- to prescribe (a medication)
- (law) (Reflexive) To lose by prescription, to lapse
Conjugation
Conjugation of prescrire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | prescrire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | prescrivant /pʁɛs.kʁi.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | prescrit /pʁɛs.kʁi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | prescris /pʁɛs.kʁi/ |
prescris /pʁɛs.kʁi/ |
prescrit /pʁɛs.kʁi/ |
prescrivons /pʁɛs.kʁi.vɔ̃/ |
prescrivez /pʁɛs.kʁi.ve/ |
prescrivent /pʁɛs.kʁiv/ |
| imperfect | prescrivais /pʁɛs.kʁi.vɛ/ |
prescrivais /pʁɛs.kʁi.vɛ/ |
prescrivait /pʁɛs.kʁi.vɛ/ |
prescrivions /pʁɛs.kʁi.vjɔ̃/ |
prescriviez /pʁɛs.kʁi.vje/ |
prescrivaient /pʁɛs.kʁi.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | prescrivis /pʁɛs.kʁi.vi/ |
prescrivis /pʁɛs.kʁi.vi/ |
prescrivit /pʁɛs.kʁi.vi/ |
prescrivîmes /pʁɛs.kʁi.vim/ |
prescrivîtes /pʁɛs.kʁi.vit/ |
prescrivirent /pʁɛs.kʁi.viʁ/ | |
| future | prescrirai /pʁɛs.kʁi.ʁe/ |
prescriras /pʁɛs.kʁi.ʁa/ |
prescrira /pʁɛs.kʁi.ʁa/ |
prescrirons /pʁɛs.kʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
prescrirez /pʁɛs.kʁi.ʁe/ |
prescriront /pʁɛs.kʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | prescrirais /pʁɛs.kʁi.ʁɛ/ |
prescrirais /pʁɛs.kʁi.ʁɛ/ |
prescrirait /pʁɛs.kʁi.ʁɛ/ |
prescririons /pʁɛs.kʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
prescririez /pʁɛs.kʁi.ʁje/ |
prescriraient /pʁɛs.kʁi.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 | prescrive /pʁɛs.kʁiv/ |
prescrives /pʁɛs.kʁiv/ |
prescrive /pʁɛs.kʁiv/ |
prescrivions /pʁɛs.kʁi.vjɔ̃/ |
prescriviez /pʁɛs.kʁi.vje/ |
prescrivent /pʁɛs.kʁiv/ |
| imperfect2 | prescrivisse /pʁɛs.kʁi.vis/ |
prescrivisses /pʁɛs.kʁi.vis/ |
prescrivît /pʁɛs.kʁi.vi/ |
prescrivissions /pʁɛs.kʁi.vi.sjɔ̃/ |
prescrivissiez /pʁɛs.kʁi.vi.sje/ |
prescrivissent /pʁɛs.kʁi.vis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | prescris /pʁɛs.kʁi/ |
— | prescrivons /pʁɛs.kʁi.vɔ̃/ |
prescrivez /pʁɛs.kʁi.ve/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
- écrire
- prescription
- prescriptif
Further reading
- “prescrire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.