conduire
French, verb/kɔ̃.dɥiʁ/
conduire is spelled C-O-N-D-U-I-R-E (8 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written French, the 2,270th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Conduire is a French verb meaning “to drive (a vehicle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mener, guider, diriger vers un lieu déterminé”.
What does conduire mean in English?
verb
- 1
to drive (a vehicle)
Il conduit la voiture.
- 2
to lead, to conduct
- 3
to behave, to conduct oneself
Les enfants se conduisent mal.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mener, guider, diriger vers un lieu déterminé. 2. Piloter un véhicule. Être responsable de mener un véhicule (en évitant les accidents). 3. Faire aller. 4. Faire passer par différents points.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of conduire
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- conduisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- conduit participle past
- conduis first-person indicative present
- conduisons first-person indicative plural
- conduisez indicative plural present
- conduisent indicative plural present
- conduisais first-person imperfect indicative
- conduisait imperfect indicative singular
- conduisions first-person imperfect indicative
- conduisiez imperfect indicative plural
- conduisaient imperfect indicative plural
- conduisis first-person historic indicative
- conduisit historic indicative past
- conduisîmes first-person historic indicative
- conduisîtes historic indicative past
- conduisirent historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce conduire?
- /kɔ̃.dɥiʁ/
- \kɔ̃.dɥiʁ\
- [kɔ̃.dɥiʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to conduire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is conduire in French?
conduire appears 36 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).