conduire

Inherited from Old French conduire, cunduire, from Latin condūcere (“lead, bring or draw together”), from con- + dūcō (“lead”).

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.dɥiʁ/

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conduire

1. to drive (a vehicle)

   Il conduit la voiture.

   He is driving the car.

2. to lead, to conduct
3. (reflexive, se conduire) to behave, to conduct oneself

   Synonym: se comporter

   Les enfants se conduisent mal.

   The children are behaving badly.

• conducteur
• conduite

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

• cunduire

From Latin condūcere, present active infinitive of condūcō (“lead, bring or draw together”), from con- + dūcō (“lead”).

conduire

1. to steer; to guide; to lead
   • c. 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland:

     Si aiderez a cunduire ma gent.

     If you will help me guide my people

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. 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.

• French: conduire

• conduire on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (conduire)