"préférer" meaning in French

See préférer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /pʁe.fe.ʁe/ Audio: Fr-préférer.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French preferer, from Old French preferer, borrowed from Latin praeferre. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|preferer|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French preferer, {{inh+|fr|frm|preferer}} Inherited from Middle French preferer, {{inh|fr|fro|preferer}} Old French preferer, {{bor|fr|la|praeferō|praeferre}} Latin praeferre Head templates: {{fr-verb}} préférer Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], préférer [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], préférant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], préféré [participle, past], préfère [first-person, indicative, present, singular], préfères [indicative, present, second-person, singular], préfère [indicative, present, singular, third-person], préférons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], préférez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], préfèrent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], préférais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], préférais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], préférait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], préférions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], préfériez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], préféraient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], préférai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], préféras [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], préféra [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], préférâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], préférâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], préférèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], préfèrerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], préférerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], préfèreras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], préféreras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], préfèrera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], préférera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], préfèrerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], préférerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], préfèrerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], préférerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], préfèreront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], préféreront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], préfèrerais [conditional, first-person, singular], préférerais [conditional, first-person, singular], préfèrerais [conditional, second-person, singular], préférerais [conditional, second-person, singular], préfèrerait [conditional, singular, third-person], préférerait [conditional, singular, third-person], préfèrerions [conditional, first-person, plural], préférerions [conditional, first-person, plural], préfèreriez [conditional, plural, second-person], préféreriez [conditional, plural, second-person], préfèreraient [conditional, plural, third-person], préféreraient [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], préfère [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], préfères [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], préfère [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], préférions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], préfériez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], préfèrent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], préférasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], préférasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], préférât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], préférassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], préférassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], préférassent [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], préfère [imperative, second-person, singular], préférons [first-person, imperative, plural], préférez [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]
  1. (transitive) to prefer Tags: transitive Synonyms: aimer mieux Related terms: préférable, préférablement, préféré, préférence, préférentiel, préférentiellement
    Sense id: en-préférer-fr-verb-27WenzHD Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -é-er, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "préférer",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "préférable"
    },
    {
      "word": "préférablement"
    },
    {
      "word": "préféré"
    },
    {
      "word": "préférence"
    },
    {
      "word": "préférentiel"
    },
    {
      "word": "préférentiellement"
    }
  ],
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        "French terms derived from Latin",
        "French terms derived from Middle French",
        "French terms derived from Old French",
        "French terms inherited from Middle French",
        "French terms inherited from Old French",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French transitive verbs",
        "French verbs",
        "French verbs with conjugation -é-er",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
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      "glosses": [
        "to prefer"
      ],
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          "prefer",
          "prefer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to prefer"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "aimer mieux"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/pʁe.fe.ʁe/"
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "word": "préférer"
}

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