interdire

to forbid, to ban

ɛ̃ . t ɛ ʁ . d i ʁ
inter between or among + dire say, tell
verb Rare #31,839
to forbid, to ban
FR: La loi va interdire de fumer ici.
EN: The law is going to forbid smoking here.
Conjugation of interdire
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Subjunctive present
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Nous devons interdire la langue russe sur Tatoeba.

We must ban the Russian language on Tatoeba.

Interdire les élections?

Ban elections?

— Il est de retour (2015)

Je ne puis vous l'interdire, je le sais.

I know I cannot forbid you.

— Guerre et Paix (1968)

Il se vit interdire l'entrée du cercle.

He was barred from entering the circle.

Quelqu'un a voulu le faire interdire dans les bibliothèques publiques.

Someone wanted to have it banned from public libraries.

— Picnic (1955)

Tu dois à tout prix lui interdire de recommencer.

You must absolutely forbid him from doing it again.

— Avatar : La Voie de l'eau (2022)

Le conseil d'école local ferait tout pour interdire ce livre.

The local school board would do anything to ban this book.

Une loi devrait interdire aux femmes de fumer.

A law should be put in place to prohibit women from smoking.

— Les Fraises sauvages (1957)

Que vas-tu encore interdire?

What are you going to ban next?

— Presque Célèbre (2000)