"devoir" meaning in French

See devoir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /də.vwaʁ/, /dvwaʁ/ Audio: Fr-devoir.ogg Forms: devoirs [plural]
Rhymes: -waʁ Etymology: Inherited from Middle French debvoir, from Old French deveir, from Latin dēbēre (to owe; ought, must). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|debvoir|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French debvoir, {{inh+|fr|frm|debvoir}} Inherited from Middle French debvoir, {{inh|fr|fro|deveir}} Old French deveir, {{inh|fr|la|dēbeō|dēbēre}} Latin dēbēre Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} devoir m (plural devoirs)
  1. duty Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-devoir-fr-noun-m7CZFLEX Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 28 17 9 9 9 5 13 7 4
  2. exercise, assignment (set for homework) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-devoir-fr-noun-e4rXGrZx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: devoir de mémoire, devoir sur table, devoir surveillé, devoir une fière chandelle, le devoir m’appelle, sentiment du devoir accompli

Verb

IPA: /də.vwaʁ/, /dvwaʁ/ Audio: Fr-devoir.ogg
Rhymes: -waʁ Etymology: Inherited from Middle French debvoir, from Old French deveir, from Latin dēbēre (to owe; ought, must). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|debvoir|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French debvoir, {{inh+|fr|frm|debvoir}} Inherited from Middle French debvoir, {{inh|fr|fro|deveir}} Old French deveir, {{inh|fr|la|dēbeō|dēbēre}} Latin dēbēre Head templates: {{fr-verb|type=modal}} devoir Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}}, {{fr-conj-auto|refl=yes}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], devoir [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], devant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], dû [participle, past], dois [first-person, indicative, present, singular], dois [indicative, present, second-person, singular], doit [indicative, present, singular, third-person], devons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], devez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], doivent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], devais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], devais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], devait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], devions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], deviez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], devaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], dus [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], dus [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], dut [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], dûmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], dûtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], durent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], devrai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], devras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], devra [future, indicative, singular, third-person], devrons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], devrez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], devront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], devrais [conditional, first-person, singular], devrais [conditional, second-person, singular], devrait [conditional, singular, third-person], devrions [conditional, first-person, plural], devriez [conditional, plural, second-person], devraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], doive [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], doives [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], doive [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], devions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], deviez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], doivent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], dusse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], dusses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], dût [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], dussions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], dussiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], dussent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], dois [imperative, second-person, singular], devons [first-person, imperative, plural], devez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], se devoir [infinitive, reflexive], s'être + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction, reflexive], se devant [gerund, participle, present, reflexive], ayant [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present, reflexive], étant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present, reflexive], dû [participle, past, reflexive], me dois [first-person, indicative, present, reflexive, singular], te dois [indicative, present, reflexive, second-person, singular], se doit [indicative, present, reflexive, singular, third-person], nous devons [first-person, indicative, plural, present, reflexive], vous devez [indicative, plural, present, reflexive, second-person], se doivent [indicative, plural, present, reflexive, third-person], me devais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, reflexive, singular], te devais [imperfect, indicative, reflexive, second-person, singular], se devait [imperfect, indicative, reflexive, singular, third-person], nous devions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural, reflexive], vous deviez [imperfect, indicative, plural, reflexive, second-person], se devaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, reflexive, third-person], me dus [first-person, historic, indicative, past, reflexive, singular], te dus [historic, indicative, past, reflexive, second-person, singular], se dut [historic, indicative, past, reflexive, singular, third-person], nous dûmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural, reflexive], vous dûtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, reflexive, second-person], se durent [historic, indicative, past, plural, reflexive, third-person], me devrai [first-person, future, indicative, reflexive, singular], te devras [future, indicative, reflexive, second-person, singular], se devra [future, indicative, reflexive, singular, third-person], nous devrons [first-person, future, indicative, plural, reflexive], vous devrez [future, indicative, plural, reflexive, second-person], se devront [future, indicative, plural, reflexive, third-person], me devrais [conditional, first-person, reflexive, singular], te devrais [conditional, reflexive, second-person, singular], se devrait [conditional, reflexive, singular, third-person], nous devrions [conditional, first-person, plural, reflexive], vous devriez [conditional, plural, reflexive, second-person], se devraient [conditional, plural, reflexive, third-person], present indicative of s'être + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present, reflexive], imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, reflexive], past historic of s'être + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past, reflexive], future of s'être + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, reflexive], conditional of s'être + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect, reflexive], me doive [first-person, present, reflexive, singular, subjunctive], te doives [present, reflexive, second-person, singular, subjunctive], se doive [present, reflexive, singular, subjunctive, third-person], nous devions [first-person, plural, present, reflexive, subjunctive], vous deviez [plural, present, reflexive, second-person, subjunctive], se doivent [plural, present, reflexive, subjunctive, third-person], me dusse [first-person, imperfect, reflexive, singular, subjunctive], te dusses [imperfect, reflexive, second-person, singular, subjunctive], se dût [imperfect, reflexive, singular, subjunctive, third-person], nous dussions [first-person, imperfect, plural, reflexive, subjunctive], vous dussiez [imperfect, plural, reflexive, second-person, subjunctive], se dussent [imperfect, plural, reflexive, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of s'être + past participle [multiword-construction, past, reflexive, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, reflexive, subjunctive], dois-toi [imperative, reflexive, second-person, singular], devons-nous [first-person, imperative, plural, reflexive], devez-vous [imperative, plural, reflexive, second-person], simple imperative of s'être + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, reflexive, second-person, singular], simple imperative of s'être + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural, reflexive], simple imperative of s'être + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, reflexive, second-person]
  1. must, to have to, should (as a requirement)
    (present) must     Tags: present
    Sense id: en-devoir-fr-verb-nBonYMuL
  2. must, to have to, should (as a requirement)
    (conditional) should     Tags: conditional
    Sense id: en-devoir-fr-verb-9vXAxPc1
  3. must, to have to, should (as a requirement)
    Sense id: en-devoir-fr-verb-oU1ZyhSl
  4. must, to do or have with certainty
    Sense id: en-devoir-fr-verb-A2wDhon4
  5. (transitive) to owe (money, obligation and etc) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-devoir-fr-verb-9FuJ3reD
  6. (literary, intransitive, in imperfect subjunctive, with inversion of subject) (even) if it is necessary (+ infinitive) Tags: intransitive, literary
    Sense id: en-devoir-fr-verb-Bo7-rUpI
  7. (reflexive, ~ de) to have a duty to Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-devoir-fr-verb-NwzUo2BS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: redevoir, chose promise, chose due, comme il se doit, en bonne et due forme Derived forms (dû): indu Derived forms (dûment): indûment Related terms: redevable, falloir, obliger
Disambiguation of 'dû': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'dûment': 25 25 15 16 13 6 0

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "manquer à son devoir, manquer à tous ses devoirs",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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          "text": "Il est de mon devoir de protéger le roi.",
          "type": "example"
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-waʁ"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
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      "ipa": "/də.vɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayant + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "dû",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "dois",
      "ipa": "/dwa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dois",
      "ipa": "/dwa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doit",
      "ipa": "/dwa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devons",
      "ipa": "/də.vɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devez",
      "ipa": "/də.ve/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doivent",
      "ipa": "/dwav/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devais",
      "ipa": "/də.vɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devais",
      "ipa": "/də.vɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devait",
      "ipa": "/də.vɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devions",
      "ipa": "/də.vjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deviez",
      "ipa": "/də.vje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devaient",
      "ipa": "/də.vɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dus",
      "ipa": "/dy/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dus",
      "ipa": "/dy/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dut",
      "ipa": "/dy/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dûmes",
      "ipa": "/dym/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dûtes",
      "ipa": "/dyt/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "durent",
      "ipa": "/dyʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devrai",
      "ipa": "/də.vʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devras",
      "ipa": "/də.vʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devra",
      "ipa": "/də.vʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devrons",
      "ipa": "/də.vʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devrez",
      "ipa": "/də.vʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devront",
      "ipa": "/də.vʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devrais",
      "ipa": "/də.vʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devrais",
      "ipa": "/də.vʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devrait",
      "ipa": "/də.vʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devrions",
      "ipa": "/də.vʁi.jɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devriez",
      "ipa": "/də.vʁi.je/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devraient",
      "ipa": "/də.vʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
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      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doive",
      "ipa": "/dwav/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doives",
      "ipa": "/dwav/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doive",
      "ipa": "/dwav/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devions",
      "ipa": "/də.vjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deviez",
      "ipa": "/də.vje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doivent",
      "ipa": "/dwav/",
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dusse",
      "ipa": "/dys/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dusses",
      "ipa": "/dys/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dût",
      "ipa": "/dy/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dussions",
      "ipa": "/dy.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dussiez",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dussent",
      "ipa": "/dys/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
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      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "dois",
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devons",
      "ipa": "/də.vɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devez",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se devoir",
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      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "s'être + past participle",
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      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se devant",
      "ipa": "/sə də.vɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "present",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayant",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
        "present",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "étant + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
        "present",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dû",
      "ipa": "/dy/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "past",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me dois",
      "ipa": "/mə dwa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te dois",
      "ipa": "/tə dwa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se doit",
      "ipa": "/sə dwa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "reflexive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous devons",
      "ipa": "/nu də.vɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous devez",
      "ipa": "/vu də.ve/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se doivent",
      "ipa": "/sə dwav/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "reflexive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me devais",
      "ipa": "/mə də.vɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te devais",
      "ipa": "/tə də.vɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se devait",
      "ipa": "/sə də.vɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "reflexive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous devions",
      "ipa": "/nu də.vjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous deviez",
      "ipa": "/vu də.vje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se devaient",
      "ipa": "/sə də.vɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me dus",
      "ipa": "/mə dy/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te dus",
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        "past",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se dut",
      "ipa": "/sə dy/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "reflexive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous dûmes",
      "ipa": "/nu dym/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous dûtes",
      "ipa": "/vu dyt/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se durent",
      "ipa": "/sə dyʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me devrai",
      "ipa": "/mə də.vʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te devras",
      "ipa": "/tə də.vʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se devra",
      "ipa": "/sə də.vʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "reflexive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous devrons",
      "ipa": "/nu də.vʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous devrez",
      "ipa": "/vu də.vʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se devront",
      "ipa": "/sə də.vʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me devrais",
      "ipa": "/mə də.vʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "first-person",
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te devrais",
      "ipa": "/tə də.vʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "reflexive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se devrait",
      "ipa": "/sə də.vʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "reflexive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous devrions",
      "ipa": "/nu də.vʁi.jɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous devriez",
      "ipa": "/vu də.vʁi.je/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se devraient",
      "ipa": "/sə də.vʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of s'être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of s'être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of s'être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of s'être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me doive",
      "ipa": "/mə dwav/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "reflexive",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te doives",
      "ipa": "/tə dwav/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se doive",
      "ipa": "/sə dwav/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "reflexive",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous devions",
      "ipa": "/nu də.vjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "reflexive",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous deviez",
      "ipa": "/vu də.vje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se doivent",
      "ipa": "/sə dwav/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "reflexive",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me dusse",
      "ipa": "/mə dys/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "reflexive",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te dusses",
      "ipa": "/tə dys/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se dût",
      "ipa": "/sə dy/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "reflexive",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous dussions",
      "ipa": "/nu dy.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous dussiez",
      "ipa": "/vu dy.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se dussent",
      "ipa": "/sə dys/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of s'être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
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        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle",
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        "pluperfect",
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        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dois-toi",
      "ipa": "/dwa.twa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "reflexive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devons-nous",
      "ipa": "/də.vɔ̃.nu/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devez-vous",
      "ipa": "/də.ve.vu/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of s'être + past participle",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of s'être + past participle",
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        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of s'être + past participle",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "type": "modal"
      },
      "expansion": "devoir",
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "refl": "yes"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "redevable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "falloir"
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      "ipa": "/dwav/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devions",
      "ipa": "/də.vjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deviez",
      "ipa": "/də.vje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doivent",
      "ipa": "/dwav/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dusse",
      "ipa": "/dys/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dusses",
      "ipa": "/dys/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dût",
      "ipa": "/dy/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dussions",
      "ipa": "/dy.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dussiez",
      "ipa": "/dy.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dussent",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
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        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "dois",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devons",
      "ipa": "/də.vɔ̃/",
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        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devez",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
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        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se devoir",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "s'être + past participle",
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      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se devant",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "present",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayant",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
        "present",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "étant + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
        "present",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dû",
      "ipa": "/dy/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "past",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "me dois",
      "ipa": "/mə dwa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te dois",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se doit",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "reflexive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous devons",
      "ipa": "/nu də.vɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous devez",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se doivent",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "reflexive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me devais",
      "ipa": "/mə də.vɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te devais",
      "ipa": "/tə də.vɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se devait",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "reflexive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous devions",
      "ipa": "/nu də.vjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous deviez",
      "ipa": "/vu də.vje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se devaient",
      "ipa": "/sə də.vɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me dus",
      "ipa": "/mə dy/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te dus",
      "ipa": "/tə dy/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se dut",
      "ipa": "/sə dy/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "reflexive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous dûmes",
      "ipa": "/nu dym/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous dûtes",
      "ipa": "/vu dyt/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se durent",
      "ipa": "/sə dyʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me devrai",
      "ipa": "/mə də.vʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te devras",
      "ipa": "/tə də.vʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se devra",
      "ipa": "/sə də.vʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "reflexive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous devrons",
      "ipa": "/nu də.vʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous devrez",
      "ipa": "/vu də.vʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se devront",
      "ipa": "/sə də.vʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me devrais",
      "ipa": "/mə də.vʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "first-person",
        "reflexive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te devrais",
      "ipa": "/tə də.vʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "reflexive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se devrait",
      "ipa": "/sə də.vʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "reflexive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous devrions",
      "ipa": "/nu də.vʁi.jɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous devriez",
      "ipa": "/vu də.vʁi.je/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se devraient",
      "ipa": "/sə də.vʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of s'être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of s'être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of s'être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of s'être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me doive",
      "ipa": "/mə dwav/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "reflexive",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te doives",
      "ipa": "/tə dwav/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se doive",
      "ipa": "/sə dwav/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "reflexive",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous devions",
      "ipa": "/nu də.vjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "reflexive",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous deviez",
      "ipa": "/vu də.vje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se doivent",
      "ipa": "/sə dwav/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "reflexive",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "me dusse",
      "ipa": "/mə dys/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "reflexive",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te dusses",
      "ipa": "/tə dys/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se dût",
      "ipa": "/sə dy/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "reflexive",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nous dussions",
      "ipa": "/nu dy.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vous dussiez",
      "ipa": "/vu dy.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "se dussent",
      "ipa": "/sə dys/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of s'être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "reflexive",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "pluperfect",
        "reflexive",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dois-toi",
      "ipa": "/dwa.twa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "reflexive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devons-nous",
      "ipa": "/də.vɔ̃.nu/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "devez-vous",
      "ipa": "/də.ve.vu/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of s'être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of s'être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of s'être + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "reflexive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "type": "modal"
      },
      "expansion": "devoir",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "refl": "yes"
      },
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "redevable"
    },
    {
      "word": "falloir"
    },
    {
      "word": "obliger"
    }
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      "categories": [
        "French terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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      ],
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          "should"
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      ],
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    {
      "categories": [
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "glosses": [
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        [
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          "should"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with quotations",
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "The authors of a dictionary have to determine from the outset which categories of words to retain, according to the limits imposed by the editor, and the target audience.",
          "text": "Les auteurs d’un dictionnaire doivent déterminer au départ les catégories de mots à retenir, en fonction des limites imposées par l’éditeur et du public visé.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Your language should permit you to keep a fairly secure distance, [as] being slightly more formal and detached than necessary is an advantage.",
          "ref": "2014, Jean-Claude Bernardon, Résolution de conflits:",
          "text": "Votre langage doit vous permettre de maintenir une bonne distance de sécurité, être un peu plus poli et détaché que nécessaire est un avantage.",
          "type": "quote"
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          "must"
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          "have to"
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        [
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          "should"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "must, to do or have with certainty"
      ],
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          "must"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to owe (money, obligation and etc)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "owe",
          "owe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to owe (money, obligation and etc)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French intransitive verbs",
        "French literary terms",
        "French terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Well, she said to herself, I'll go, even if I have to face real danger.",
          "ref": "1842, George Sand, Consuelo:",
          "text": "Eh bien, se dit-elle, j’irai, dussé-je affronter les dangers réels [...].",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(even) if it is necessary (+ infinitive)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "necessary",
          "necessary"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, intransitive, in imperfect subjunctive, with inversion of subject) (even) if it is necessary (+ infinitive)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in imperfect subjunctive",
        "with inversion of subject"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French reflexive verbs",
        "French terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Today, I owe to the interests of the nation, [so] I owe it to myself to make my motives known.",
          "ref": "1791, Louis XVI, “Message du roi, à l'Assemblée nationale, le 13 septembre 1791 [Message of the King to the National Assembly on 13 September 1791]”, in Constitution française, présentée au roi par l'Assemblée nationale, le 3 septembre 1791 [French constitution, presented to the King by the National Assembly on 3 September 1791], Dijon: Imprimerie de P. Causse, page 75:",
          "text": "Aujourd’hui je dois aux intérêts de la nation, je me dois à moi-même de faire connoître mes motifs.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have a duty to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive, ~ de) to have a duty to"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "~ de"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/də.vwaʁ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dvwaʁ/"
    },
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      "audio": "Fr-devoir.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f4/Fr-devoir.ogg/Fr-devoir.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Fr-devoir.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-waʁ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "devoir"
}

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  "msg": "''must, to have to, should (as a'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
  "path": [
    "devoir"
  ],
  "section": "French",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "devoir",
  "trace": ""
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