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céder: Conjugation

The céder conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb céder according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of céder, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of céder at the end of this page.

Present	Perfect
je cède tu cèdes il/elle cède nous cédons vous cédez ils/elles cèdent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai cédé tu as cédé il/elle a cédé nous avons cédé vous avez cédé ils/elles ont cédé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je cédais tu cédais il/elle cédait nous cédions vous cédiez ils/elles cédaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais cédé tu avais cédé il/elle avait cédé nous avions cédé vous aviez cédé ils/elles avaient cédé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je céderai tu céderas il/elle cédera nous céderons vous céderez ils/elles céderont Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai cédé tu auras cédé il/elle aura cédé nous aurons cédé vous aurez cédé ils/elles auront cédé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je céderais tu céderais il/elle céderait nous céderions vous céderiez ils/elles céderaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais cédé tu aurais cédé il/elle aurait cédé nous aurions cédé vous auriez cédé ils/elles auraient cédé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je cède tu cèdes il/elle cède nous cédions vous cédiez ils/elles cèdent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie cédé tu aies cédé il/elle ait cédé nous ayons cédé vous ayez cédé ils/elles aient cédé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je cédai tu cédas il/elle céda nous cédâmes vous cédâtes ils/elles cédèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus cédé tu eus cédé il/elle eut cédé nous eûmes cédé vous eûtes cédé ils/elles eurent cédé Pronounce these verb forms

This verb is essentially regular, except that the é vowel changes to è in some places. The change is basically as follows:

• The vowel changes wherever é would otherwise end up in a closed syllable– that is, in a syllable ending a consonant (the open [e] vowel essentially doesn't occur in closed syllables in French);
• In practice, that means in the present tense (indicative and subjunctive) except in the nous and vous forms;
• In terms of pronunciation, most speakers nowadays pronounce the conditional and future forms (préférerais etc) as though they were written préfèrerais etc. A few writers spell these forms to reflect the pronunciation. However, the traditional (and most widely adopted) spelling convention is the slightly misleading one shown here.