interdire

See also: interdiré

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin interdicere. In Old French, the word also existed in a more popular or gallicized form, entredire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.diʁ/
  • Audio (France):(file)

Verb

interdire

  1. (transitive) to forbid, ban, prohibit
  2. (transitive) to interdict

Conjugation

This verb is one of a group of -re verbs all ending in -dire. They are conjugated exactly like dire, but with a different second-person plural indicative present (that is, like confire). Members of this group include contredire and dédire.

Conjugation of interdire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple interdire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple interdisant
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle interdit
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present interdis
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di/ 		interdis
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di/ 		interdit
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di/ 		interdisons
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.zɔ̃/ 		interdisez
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.ze/ 		interdisent
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.diz/
imperfect interdisais
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.zɛ/ 		interdisais
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.zɛ/ 		interdisait
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.zɛ/ 		interdisions
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.zjɔ̃/ 		interdisiez
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.zje/ 		interdisaient
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.zɛ/
past historic2 interdis
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di/ 		interdis
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di/ 		interdit
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di/ 		interdîmes
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.dim/ 		interdîtes
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.dit/ 		interdirent
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.diʁ/
future interdirai
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.ʁe/ 		interdiras
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.ʁa/ 		interdira
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.ʁa/ 		interdirons
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/ 		interdirez
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.ʁe/ 		interdiront
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.ʁɔ̃/
conditional interdirais
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.ʁɛ/ 		interdirais
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.ʁɛ/ 		interdirait
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.ʁɛ/ 		interdirions
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.ʁjɔ̃/ 		interdiriez
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.ʁje/ 		interdiraient
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.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 interdise
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.diz/ 		interdises
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.diz/ 		interdise
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.diz/ 		interdisions
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.zjɔ̃/ 		interdisiez
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.zje/ 		interdisent
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.diz/
imperfect2 interdisse
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.dis/ 		interdisses
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.dis/ 		interdît
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di/ 		interdissions
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ 		interdissiez
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.sje/ 		interdissent
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.dis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — interdis
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di/ 		— interdisons
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.zɔ̃/ 		interdisez
/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.di.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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Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin interdīcere.

Verb

interdìre (first-person singular present interdìco, first-person singular past historic interdìssi, past participle interdétto, first-person singular imperfect interdicévo, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to forbid, to ban, to prohibit
  2. (Catholicism, law, military) to interdict
  3. (electronics) to cause cut-off (in a transistor or other electronic component)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of interdìre (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive interdìre
auxiliary verb avére gerund interdicèndo
present participle interdicènte past participle interdétto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present interdìco interdìci interdìce interdiciàmo interdìte interdìcono
imperfect interdicévo interdicévi interdicéva interdicevàmo interdicevàte interdicévano
past historic interdìssi interdicésti interdìsse interdicémmo interdicéste interdìssero
future interdirò interdirài interdirà interdirémo interdiréte interdirànno
conditional interdirèi interdirésti interdirèbbe, interdirébbe interdirémmo interdiréste interdirèbbero, interdirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present interdìca interdìca interdìca interdiciàmo interdiciàte interdìcano
imperfect interdicéssi interdicéssi interdicésse interdicéssimo interdicéste interdicéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
interdìci interdìca interdiciàmo interdìte interdìcano
negative imperative non interdìre non interdìca non interdiciàmo non interdìte non interdìcano

Anagrams

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin interdīcere. Compare the doublet entredire, entredíser.

Pronunciation

Verb

interdire

  1. (transitive) to forbid, ban, prohibit
  2. (transitive) to interdict

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)
simple compound
infinitive interdire aver interdich
gerund interdisent use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle interdich —
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ieu tu el nosautres vosautres eles
present interdisi interdises interditz interdisèm interdisètz interdison
imperfect interdisiái interdisiás interdisiá interdisiam interdisiatz interdisián
preterite interdirai interdiràs interdirà interdirem interdiretz interdiràn
future interdiguèri interdiguères interdiguèt interdiguèrem interdiguèretz interdiguèron
conditional interdiriái interdiriás interdiriá interdiriam interdiriatz interdirián
conditional 2nd form1
compound
tenses 		present perfect use the present tense of aver + past participle
pluperfect use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
past anterior use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
future perfect use the future tense of aver + past participle
conditional perfect use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive que ieu que tu que el que nosautres que vosautres que eles
present interdiga interdigas interdiga interdigam interdigatz interdigan
imperfect interdiguèsse interdiguèsses interdiguèsse interdiguèssem interdiguèssetz interdiguèsson
compound
tenses 		past use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
pluperfect use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative — tu — nosautres vosautres —
interdiga interdigam interdigatz 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects
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