laidir

See also: làidir and láidir

French

Etymology

From laid (“ugly”) ‎ -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛ.diʁ/ ~ /le.diʁ/

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Verb

laidir

1. (intransitive) to uglify (become ugly)

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of laidir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	laidir
	compound	avoir past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	laidissant /lɛ.di.sɑ̃/ or /le.di.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant past participle
past participle		laidi /lɛ.di/ or /le.di/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	laidis /lɛ.di/ or /le.di/	laidis /lɛ.di/ or /le.di/	laidit /lɛ.di/ or /le.di/	laidissons /lɛ.di.sɔ̃/ or /le.di.sɔ̃/	laidissez /lɛ.di.se/ or /le.di.se/	laidissent /lɛ.dis/ or /le.dis/
	imperfect	laidissais /lɛ.di.sɛ/ or /le.di.sɛ/	laidissais /lɛ.di.sɛ/ or /le.di.sɛ/	laidissait /lɛ.di.sɛ/ or /le.di.sɛ/	laidissions /lɛ.di.sjɔ̃/ or /le.di.sjɔ̃/	laidissiez /lɛ.di.sje/ or /le.di.sje/	laidissaient /lɛ.di.sɛ/ or /le.di.sɛ/
	past historic2	laidis /lɛ.di/ or /le.di/	laidis /lɛ.di/ or /le.di/	laidit /lɛ.di/ or /le.di/	laidîmes /lɛ.dim/ or /le.dim/	laidîtes /lɛ.dit/ or /le.dit/	laidirent /lɛ.diʁ/ or /le.diʁ/
	future	laidirai /lɛ.di.ʁe/ or /le.di.ʁe/	laidiras /lɛ.di.ʁa/ or /le.di.ʁa/	laidira /lɛ.di.ʁa/ or /le.di.ʁa/	laidirons /lɛ.di.ʁɔ̃/ or /le.di.ʁɔ̃/	laidirez /lɛ.di.ʁe/ or /le.di.ʁe/	laidiront /lɛ.di.ʁɔ̃/ or /le.di.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	laidirais /lɛ.di.ʁɛ/ or /le.di.ʁɛ/	laidirais /lɛ.di.ʁɛ/ or /le.di.ʁɛ/	laidirait /lɛ.di.ʁɛ/ or /le.di.ʁɛ/	laidirions /lɛ.di.ʁjɔ̃/ or /le.di.ʁjɔ̃/	laidiriez /lɛ.di.ʁje/ or /le.di.ʁje/	laidiraient /lɛ.di.ʁɛ/ or /le.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	laidisse /lɛ.dis/ or /le.dis/	laidisses /lɛ.dis/ or /le.dis/	laidisse /lɛ.dis/ or /le.dis/	laidissions /lɛ.di.sjɔ̃/ or /le.di.sjɔ̃/	laidissiez /lɛ.di.sje/ or /le.di.sje/	laidissent /lɛ.dis/ or /le.dis/
	imperfect2	laidisse /lɛ.dis/ or /le.dis/	laidisses /lɛ.dis/ or /le.dis/	laidît /lɛ.di/ or /le.di/	laidissions /lɛ.di.sjɔ̃/ or /le.di.sjɔ̃/	laidissiez /lɛ.di.sje/ or /le.di.sje/	laidissent /lɛ.dis/ or /le.dis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	laidis /lɛ.di/ or /le.di/	—	laidissons /lɛ.di.sɔ̃/ or /le.di.sɔ̃/	laidissez /lɛ.di.se/ or /le.di.se/	—
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

• “laidir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Verb

laidir

1. to offend

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of laidir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		laidir			avoir laidi
gerund		en laidissant			gerund of avoir past participle
present participle		laidissant
past participle		laidi
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	laidis	laidis	laidist	laidissons	laidissez	laidissent
	imperfect	laidissoie, laidisseie	laidissoies, laidisseies	laidissoit, laidisseit	laidissiiens, laidissiens	laidissiiez, laidissiez	laidissoient, laidisseient
	preterite	laidi	laidis	laidi	laidimes	laidistes	laidirent
	future	laidirai	laidiras	laidira	laidirons	laidiroiz, laidireiz, laidirez	laidiront
	conditional	laidiroie, laidireie	laidiroies, laidireies	laidiroit, laidireit	laidiriiens, laidiriens	laidiriiez, laidiriez	laidiroient, laidireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	laidisse	laidisses	laidisse	laidissons	laidissez	laidissent
	imperfect	laidisse	laidisses	laidist	laidissons, laidissiens	laidissoiz, laidissez, laidissiez	laidissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	laidis	—	laidissons	laidissez	—