duire
French, verb/dɥiʁ/
duire is spelled D-U-I-R-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 118,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Duire is a French verb meaning “to train (an animal, esp. a bird)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Conduire”.
What does duire mean in English?
verb
- 1
obsoleteto train (an animal, esp. a bird)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Conduire. 2. Convenir, plaire, être à la convenance de.
verb: 1. Dresser. 2. Éduquer, redresser.
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 duire
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- duisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- duit participle past
- duis first-person indicative present
- duisons first-person indicative plural
- duisez indicative plural present
- duisent indicative plural present
- duisais first-person imperfect indicative
- duisait imperfect indicative singular
- duisions first-person imperfect indicative
- duisiez imperfect indicative plural
- duisaient imperfect indicative plural
- duisis first-person historic indicative
- duisit historic indicative past
- duisîmes first-person historic indicative
- duisîtes historic indicative past
- duisirent historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce duire?
- /dɥiʁ/
- \dɥiʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is duire in French?
duire appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).