ourdir

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ordir, from Latin ōrdīre, collateral form of ōrdīrī.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uʁ.diʁ/
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Verb

ourdir

  1. (transitive) to warp (set up a weaving frame)
  2. (transitive, by extension, literary) to plot (set up a plan)
    Synonym: fomenter

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of ourdir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ourdir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ourdissant
/uʁ.di.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ourdi
/uʁ.di/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present ourdis
/uʁ.di/		 ourdis
/uʁ.di/		 ourdit
/uʁ.di/		 ourdissons
/uʁ.di.sɔ̃/		 ourdissez
/uʁ.di.se/		 ourdissent
/uʁ.dis/
imperfect ourdissais
/uʁ.di.sɛ/		 ourdissais
/uʁ.di.sɛ/		 ourdissait
/uʁ.di.sɛ/		 ourdissions
/uʁ.di.sjɔ̃/		 ourdissiez
/uʁ.di.sje/		 ourdissaient
/uʁ.di.sɛ/
past historic2 ourdis
/uʁ.di/		 ourdis
/uʁ.di/		 ourdit
/uʁ.di/		 ourdîmes
/uʁ.dim/		 ourdîtes
/uʁ.dit/		 ourdirent
/uʁ.diʁ/
future ourdirai
/uʁ.di.ʁe/		 ourdiras
/uʁ.di.ʁa/		 ourdira
/uʁ.di.ʁa/		 ourdirons
/uʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/		 ourdirez
/uʁ.di.ʁe/		 ourdiront
/uʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/
conditional ourdirais
/uʁ.di.ʁɛ/		 ourdirais
/uʁ.di.ʁɛ/		 ourdirait
/uʁ.di.ʁɛ/		 ourdirions
/uʁ.di.ʁjɔ̃/		 ourdiriez
/uʁ.di.ʁje/		 ourdiraient
/uʁ.di.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 ourdisse
/uʁ.dis/		 ourdisses
/uʁ.dis/		 ourdisse
/uʁ.dis/		 ourdissions
/uʁ.di.sjɔ̃/		 ourdissiez
/uʁ.di.sje/		 ourdissent
/uʁ.dis/
imperfect2 ourdisse
/uʁ.dis/		 ourdisses
/uʁ.dis/		 ourdît
/uʁ.di/		 ourdissions
/uʁ.di.sjɔ̃/		 ourdissiez
/uʁ.di.sje/		 ourdissent
/uʁ.dis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ourdis
/uʁ.di/		 — ourdissons
/uʁ.di.sɔ̃/		 ourdissez
/uʁ.di.se/		 —
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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