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

  1. to prescribe (a medication)

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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • 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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