prodiguer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōdigō (infinitive prōdigere).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.di.ɡe/

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Verb

prodiguer

1. (transitive) to dispense, to lavish (something on someone)

Conjugation

Conjugation of prodiguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	prodiguer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	prodiguant /pʁɔ.di.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		prodigué /pʁɔ.di.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	prodigue /pʁɔ.diɡ/	prodigues /pʁɔ.diɡ/	prodigue /pʁɔ.diɡ/	prodiguons /pʁɔ.di.ɡɔ̃/	prodiguez /pʁɔ.di.ɡe/	prodiguent /pʁɔ.diɡ/
	imperfect	prodiguais /pʁɔ.di.ɡɛ/	prodiguais /pʁɔ.di.ɡɛ/	prodiguait /pʁɔ.di.ɡɛ/	prodiguions /pʁɔ.di.ɡjɔ̃/	prodiguiez /pʁɔ.di.ɡje/	prodiguaient /pʁɔ.di.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	prodiguai /pʁɔ.di.ɡe/	prodiguas /pʁɔ.di.ɡa/	prodigua /pʁɔ.di.ɡa/	prodiguâmes /pʁɔ.di.ɡam/	prodiguâtes /pʁɔ.di.ɡat/	prodiguèrent /pʁɔ.di.ɡɛʁ/
	future	prodiguerai /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁe/	prodigueras /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁa/	prodiguera /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁa/	prodiguerons /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁɔ̃/	prodiguerez /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁe/	prodigueront /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	prodiguerais /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁɛ/	prodiguerais /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁɛ/	prodiguerait /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁɛ/	prodiguerions /pʁɔ.di.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	prodigueriez /pʁɔ.di.ɡə.ʁje/	prodigueraient /pʁɔ.di.ɡʁɛ/
(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	prodigue /pʁɔ.diɡ/	prodigues /pʁɔ.diɡ/	prodigue /pʁɔ.diɡ/	prodiguions /pʁɔ.di.ɡjɔ̃/	prodiguiez /pʁɔ.di.ɡje/	prodiguent /pʁɔ.diɡ/
	imperfect2	prodiguasse /pʁɔ.di.ɡas/	prodiguasses /pʁɔ.di.ɡas/	prodiguât /pʁɔ.di.ɡa/	prodiguassions /pʁɔ.di.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	prodiguassiez /pʁɔ.di.ɡa.sje/	prodiguassent /pʁɔ.di.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	prodigue /pʁɔ.diɡ/	—	prodiguons /pʁɔ.di.ɡɔ̃/	prodiguez /pʁɔ.di.ɡe/	—
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

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