produire

See also: produiré

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French produire, borrowed from Latin prōdūcere, with conjugation based on verbs like conduire.

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

produire

  1. (transitive) to produce, to yield
  2. (reflexive) to happen, take place (of an event)
    Synonyms: arriver, se passer
  3. (reflexive) to perform (of a singer, etc.)

Conjugation
Conjugation of produire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple produire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple produisant
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle produit
/pʁɔ.dɥi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present produis
/pʁɔ.dɥi/		 produis
/pʁɔ.dɥi/		 produit
/pʁɔ.dɥi/		 produisons
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zɔ̃/		 produisez
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ze/		 produisent
/pʁɔ.dɥiz/
imperfect produisais
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/		 produisais
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/		 produisait
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/		 produisions
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zjɔ̃/		 produisiez
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zje/		 produisaient
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zɛ/
past historic2 produisis
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zi/		 produisis
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zi/		 produisit
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zi/		 produisîmes
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zim/		 produisîtes
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zit/		 produisirent
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ziʁ/
future produirai
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁe/		 produiras
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁa/		 produira
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁa/		 produirons
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɔ̃/		 produirez
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁe/		 produiront
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional produirais
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɛ/		 produirais
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɛ/		 produirait
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁɛ/		 produirions
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁjɔ̃/		 produiriez
/pʁɔ.dɥi.ʁje/		 produiraient
/pʁɔ.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 produise
/pʁɔ.dɥiz/		 produises
/pʁɔ.dɥiz/		 produise
/pʁɔ.dɥiz/		 produisions
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zjɔ̃/		 produisiez
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zje/		 produisent
/pʁɔ.dɥiz/
imperfect2 produisisse
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zis/		 produisisses
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zis/		 produisît
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zi/		 produisissions
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zi.sjɔ̃/		 produisissiez
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zi.sje/		 produisissent
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — produis
/pʁɔ.dɥi/		 — produisons
/pʁɔ.dɥi.zɔ̃/		 produisez
/pʁɔ.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).

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōdūcere, present active infinitive of prōdūcō, with conjugation based on verbs like conduire.

Verb

produire

  1. to produce; to yield; to give

Descendants
  • French: produire
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