séduire

See also: seduiré

French

Etymology

Altered or Gallicized from Latin seducere, based on other verbs such as conduire, réduire, etc.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /se.dɥiʁ/
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Verb

séduire

  1. to seduce
    • 2014, Paradis, Garde-le pour toi:
      Tout ce qu’on a de commun, garde-le pour toi, et ce que tu seras demain encore me séduira.
      Everything we have in common, keep it to yourself, and what you will be tomorrow will still seduce me.
  2. to lure

Conjugation
Conjugation of séduire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple séduire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple séduisant
/se.dɥi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle séduit
/se.dɥi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present séduis
/se.dɥi/		 séduis
/se.dɥi/		 séduit
/se.dɥi/		 séduisons
/se.dɥi.zɔ̃/		 séduisez
/se.dɥi.ze/		 séduisent
/se.dɥiz/
imperfect séduisais
/se.dɥi.zɛ/		 séduisais
/se.dɥi.zɛ/		 séduisait
/se.dɥi.zɛ/		 séduisions
/se.dɥi.zjɔ̃/		 séduisiez
/se.dɥi.zje/		 séduisaient
/se.dɥi.zɛ/
past historic2 séduisis
/se.dɥi.zi/		 séduisis
/se.dɥi.zi/		 séduisit
/se.dɥi.zi/		 séduisîmes
/se.dɥi.zim/		 séduisîtes
/se.dɥi.zit/		 séduisirent
/se.dɥi.ziʁ/
future séduirai
/se.dɥi.ʁe/		 séduiras
/se.dɥi.ʁa/		 séduira
/se.dɥi.ʁa/		 séduirons
/se.dɥi.ʁɔ̃/		 séduirez
/se.dɥi.ʁe/		 séduiront
/se.dɥi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional séduirais
/se.dɥi.ʁɛ/		 séduirais
/se.dɥi.ʁɛ/		 séduirait
/se.dɥi.ʁɛ/		 séduirions
/se.dɥi.ʁjɔ̃/		 séduiriez
/se.dɥi.ʁje/		 séduiraient
/se.dɥi.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 séduise
/se.dɥiz/		 séduises
/se.dɥiz/		 séduise
/se.dɥiz/		 séduisions
/se.dɥi.zjɔ̃/		 séduisiez
/se.dɥi.zje/		 séduisent
/se.dɥiz/
imperfect2 séduisisse
/se.dɥi.zis/		 séduisisses
/se.dɥi.zis/		 séduisît
/se.dɥi.zi/		 séduisissions
/se.dɥi.zi.sjɔ̃/		 séduisissiez
/se.dɥi.zi.sje/		 séduisissent
/se.dɥi.zis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — séduis
/se.dɥi/		 — séduisons
/se.dɥi.zɔ̃/		 séduisez
/se.dɥi.ze/		 —
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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