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Verb conjugation

discriminer

to discriminate (to differentiate); to discriminate (to treat people based on prejudice)

Usage

Has two senses: the neutral, technical one — to distinguish or tell apart (discriminer deux signaux) — and the social one, to discriminate against someone (discriminer quelqu'un en raison de). Everyday French usually reaches for the adjective discriminatoire or the noun discrimination instead.

Examples
  • Ce test permet de discriminer les deux types de virus. — This test makes it possible to distinguish between the two types of virus.
  • La loi interdit de discriminer un candidat en raison de son âge. — The law forbids discriminating against a candidate because of their age.
  • L'algorithme discrimine mal les cas limites. — The algorithm doesn't discriminate well between borderline cases.
Common mistake

Don't assume discriminer is always about prejudice — in technical and scientific French it's a neutral verb for "telling apart," and only context signals the social/legal sense.

Simple tenses

Present

jediscrimine
tudiscrimines
il/ellediscrimine
nousdiscriminons
vousdiscriminez
ils/ellesdiscriminent

Imperfect

jediscriminais
tudiscriminais
il/ellediscriminait
nousdiscriminions
vousdiscriminiez
ils/ellesdiscriminaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jediscriminai
tudiscriminas
il/ellediscrimina
nousdiscriminâmes
vousdiscriminâtes
ils/ellesdiscriminèrent

Future

jediscriminerai
tudiscrimineras
il/ellediscriminera
nousdiscriminerons
vousdiscriminerez
ils/ellesdiscrimineront

Conditional

jediscriminerais
tudiscriminerais
il/ellediscriminerait
nousdiscriminerions
vousdiscrimineriez
ils/ellesdiscrimineraient

Subjunctive

jediscrimine
tudiscrimines
il/ellediscrimine
nousdiscriminions
vousdiscriminiez
ils/ellesdiscriminent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jediscriminasse
tudiscriminasses
il/ellediscriminât
nousdiscriminassions
vousdiscriminassiez
ils/ellesdiscriminassent

Imperative

tudiscrimine
nousdiscriminons
vousdiscriminez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

jeai discriminé
tuas discriminé
il/ellea discriminé
nousavons discriminé
vousavez discriminé
ils/ellesont discriminé

Plus-que-parfait

jeavais discriminé
tuavais discriminé
il/elleavait discriminé
nousavions discriminé
vousaviez discriminé
ils/ellesavaient discriminé

Passé antérieur

jeeus discriminé
tueus discriminé
il/elleeut discriminé
nouseûmes discriminé
vouseûtes discriminé
ils/elleseurent discriminé

Futur antérieur

jeaurai discriminé
tuauras discriminé
il/elleaura discriminé
nousaurons discriminé
vousaurez discriminé
ils/ellesauront discriminé

Conditionnel passé

jeaurais discriminé
tuaurais discriminé
il/elleaurait discriminé
nousaurions discriminé
vousauriez discriminé
ils/ellesauraient discriminé

Subjonctif passé

jeaie discriminé
tuaies discriminé
il/elleait discriminé
nousayons discriminé
vousayez discriminé
ils/ellesaient discriminé

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

jeeusse discriminé
tueusses discriminé
il/elleeût discriminé
nouseussions discriminé
vouseussiez discriminé
ils/elleseussent discriminé

Impératif passé

tuaie discriminé
nousayons discriminé
vousayez discriminé

Other

Present participle

discriminant

Past participle

discriminé

Infinitive

discriminer

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Frequently asked questions

What does "discriminer" mean?

"discriminer" means "to discriminate (to differentiate); to discriminate (to treat people based on prejudice)".

How do you conjugate "discriminer" in the present tense?

The present of "discriminer" is: je discrimine, tu discrimines, il/elle discrimine, nous discriminons, vous discriminez, ils/elles discriminent.

What is the Passé composé of "discriminer"?

The passé composé of "discriminer" is: je ai discriminé, tu as discriminé, il/elle a discriminé, nous avons discriminé, vous avez discriminé, ils/elles ont discriminé.

What is the Imperative of "discriminer"?

The imperative of "discriminer" is: tu discrimine, nous discriminons, vous discriminez.

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