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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