mentir in French dictionary

  • mentir

    Meanings and definitions of "mentir"

    • Dire sciemment quelque chose qui est faux.

    Synonyms of "mentir" in French dictionary

    inventer, bluffer, créer are the top synonyms of "mentir" in the French thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of mentir

    • (Verb) This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include sortir and dormir. The biggest difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms (je, tu) mens and (il) ment in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *mentis and *mentit (as in the past historic).    Conjugation of mentir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
      simple compound
      infinitive mentir avoir or être menti
      gerund en mentant en ayant menti or en étant menti
      present participle mentant
      past participle menti
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simpletenses present mens mens ment mentons mentez mentent
      imperfect mentais mentais mentait mentions mentiez mentaient
      past historic1 mentis mentis mentit mentîmes mentîtes mentirent
      future mentirai mentiras mentira mentirons mentirez mentiront
      conditional mentirais mentirais mentirait mentirions mentiriez mentiraient
      compoundtenses present perfect Use the present tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
      pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
      past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
      future perfect Use the future tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
      conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
      subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
      simpletenses present mente mentes mente mentions mentiez mentent
      imperfect1 mentisse mentisses mentît mentissions mentissiez mentissent
      compoundtenses past Use the present subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — mens — mentons mentez —
      1literary tenses
    • This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include sortir and dormir. The most significant difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms (je, tu) mens and (il) ment in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *mentis and *mentit (as in the past historic). Conjugation of mentir
      simple compound
      infinitive mentir avoir menti
      gerund en mentant en ayant menti
      present participle mentant
      /mɑ̃.tɑ̃/
      past participle menti
      /mɑ̃.ti/
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simple
      tenses       		present mens
      /mɑ̃/       		mens
      /mɑ̃/       		ment
      /mɑ̃/       		mentons
      /mɑ̃.tɔ̃/       		mentez
      /mɑ̃.te/       		mentent
      /mɑ̃t/
      imperfect mentais
      /mɑ̃.tɛ/       		mentais
      /mɑ̃.tɛ/       		mentait
      /mɑ̃.tɛ/       		mentions
      /mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/       		mentiez
      /mɑ̃.tje/       		mentaient
      /mɑ̃.tɛ/
      past historic1 mentis
      /mɑ̃.ti/       		mentis
      /mɑ̃.ti/       		mentit
      /mɑ̃.ti/       		mentîmes
      /mɑ̃.tim/       		mentîtes
      /mɑ̃.tit/       		mentirent
      /mɑ̃.tiʁ/
      future mentirai
      /mɑ̃.ti.ʁe/       		mentiras
      /mɑ̃.ti.ʁa/       		mentira
      /mɑ̃.ti.ʁa/       		mentirons
      /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/       		mentirez
      /mɑ̃.ti.ʁe/       		mentiront
      /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/
      conditional mentirais
      /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/       		mentirais
      /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/       		mentirait
      /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/       		mentirions
      /mɑ̃.ti.ʁjɔ̃/       		mentiriez
      /mɑ̃.ti.ʁje/       		mentiraient
      /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/
      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 anterior1 Use the past historic 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 je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
      simple
      tenses       		present mente
      /mɑ̃t/       		mentes
      /mɑ̃t/       		mente
      /mɑ̃t/       		mentions
      /mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/       		mentiez
      /mɑ̃.tje/       		mentent
      /mɑ̃t/
      imperfect1 mentisse
      /mɑ̃.tis/       		mentisses
      /mɑ̃.tis/       		mentît
      /mɑ̃.ti/       		mentissions
      /mɑ̃.ti.sjɔ̃/       		mentissiez
      /mɑ̃.ti.sje/       		mentissent
      /mɑ̃.tis/
      compound
      tenses       		past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — mens
      /mɑ̃/       		— mentons
      /mɑ̃.tɔ̃/       		mentez
      /mɑ̃.te/       		—
      1literary tenses
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