maudire

French

Etymology

From Old French maudire, maldire, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin maledīcere, present active infinitive of maledīcō (“I slander, curse”). Equivalent to mal +‎ dire. Cf. the Old French form maleir, which may have been inherited.

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

maudire

  1. (transitive) to curse

Conjugation

This is almost a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. Its only irregularities are in the past participle, which is maudit(e)(s) rather than *maudi(e)(s), and in the infinitive, which is maudire rather than *maudir.

Conjugation of maudire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle maudissant
/mo.di.sɑ̃/
past participle maudit
/mo.di/
infinitive
simple maudire
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple maudissant
/mo.di.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present maudis
/mo.di/		 maudis
/mo.di/		 maudit
/mo.di/		 maudissons
/mo.di.sɔ̃/		 maudissez
/mo.di.se/		 maudissent
/mo.dis/
imperfect maudissais
/mo.di.sɛ/		 maudissais
/mo.di.sɛ/		 maudissait
/mo.di.sɛ/		 maudissions
/mo.di.sjɔ̃/		 maudissiez
/mo.di.sje/		 maudissaient
/mo.di.sɛ/
past historic2 maudis
/mo.di/		 maudis
/mo.di/		 maudit
/mo.di/		 maudîmes
/mo.dim/		 maudîtes
/mo.dit/		 maudirent
/mo.diʁ/
future maudirai
/mo.di.ʁe/		 maudiras
/mo.di.ʁa/		 maudira
/mo.di.ʁa/		 maudirons
/mo.di.ʁɔ̃/		 maudirez
/mo.di.ʁe/		 maudiront
/mo.di.ʁɔ̃/
conditional maudirais
/mo.di.ʁɛ/		 maudirais
/mo.di.ʁɛ/		 maudirait
/mo.di.ʁɛ/		 maudirions
/mo.di.ʁjɔ̃/		 maudiriez
/mo.di.ʁje/		 maudiraient
/mo.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 maudisse
/mo.dis/		 maudisses
/mo.dis/		 maudisse
/mo.dis/		 maudissions
/mo.di.sjɔ̃/		 maudissiez
/mo.di.sje/		 maudissent
/mo.dis/
imperfect2 maudisse
/mo.dis/		 maudisses
/mo.dis/		 maudît
/mo.di/		 maudissions
/mo.di.sjɔ̃/		 maudissiez
/mo.di.sje/		 maudissent
/mo.dis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — maudis
/mo.di/		 — maudissons
/mo.di.sɔ̃/		 maudissez
/mo.di.se/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Further reading

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

A semi-learned borrowing from Latin maledīcere, present active infinitive of maledīcō (“I slander, curse”). Compare the form maleir, which may have been inherited.

Verb

maudire

  1. to curse

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of maudire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive maudire avoir maudiü
gerund en maudiant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle maudiant
past participle maudiü
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present maudi maudis maudit maudions maudïez maudïent
imperfect maudioie, maudïeie maudioies, maudïeies maudioit, maudïeit maudiiiens, maudiiens maudiiiez, maudiiez maudioient, maudïeient
preterite maudis maudisis maudist maudisimes maudisistes maudistrent
future maudirai maudiras maudira maudirons maudiroiz, maudireiz, maudirez maudiront
conditional maudiroie, maudireie maudiroies, maudireies maudiroit, maudireit maudiriiens, maudiriens maudiriiez, maudiriez maudiroient, maudireient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present maudïe maudïes maudïe maudions maudïez maudïent
imperfect maudisisse maudisisses maudisist maudisissons, maudisissiens maudisissoiz, maudisissez, maudisissiez maudisissent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— maudi — maudions maudïez —

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