demander

English

Alternative forms

• demaunder (obsolete)

Etymology

to demand + -er

Noun

demander (plural demanders)

1. One who demands

Anagrams

• remanded

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /də.mɑ̃.de/, X-SAMPA: /d@.mA~.de/

Etymology

From Latin demandāre, present active infinitive of demandō.

Verb

demander

1. (intransitive, followed by à) to ask (a person)

   J'ai demandé à la lune et le soleil ne le sait pas. — I asked the moon and the sun doesn't know about it. (from J'ai demandé à la lune by Indochine)

2. (reflexive) to wonder

See also

• poser

Related terms

• demande
• demandeur

Conjugation

   Conjugation of demander (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		demander			avoir demandé
gerund		en demandant			en ayant demandé
present participle		demandant
past participle		demandé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	demande	demandes	demande	demandons	demandez	demandent
	imperfect	demandais	demandais	demandait	demandions	demandiez	demandaient
	past historic1	demandai	demandas	demanda	demandâmes	demandâtes	demandèrent
	future	demanderai	demanderas	demandera	demanderons	demanderez	demanderont
	conditional	demanderais	demanderais	demanderait	demanderions	demanderiez	demanderaient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	demande	demandes	demande	demandions	demandiez	demandent
	imperfect1	demandasse	demandasses	demandât	demandassions	demandassiez	demandassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	demande	—	demandons	demandez	—
1literary tenses

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Latin

Verb

dēmander

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dēmandō

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Middle French

Verb

demander

1. to ask

Conjugation

   Conjugation of demander

		simple			compound
infinitive		demander			avoir demandé
gerund		en demandant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		demandant
past participle		demandé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (may be j' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils, elles
simple tenses	present	demande	demandes	demande	demandons	demandez	demandent
	imperfect	demandois, demandoys	demandois, demandoys	demandoit, demandoyt	demandions, demandyons	demandiez, demandyez	demandoient, demandoyent
	past historic	demanda	demandas	demanda	demandasmes	demandastes	demanderent
	future	demanderai, demanderay	demanderas	demandera	demanderons	demanderez	demanderont
	conditional	demanderois, demanderoys	demanderois, demanderoys	demanderoit, demanderoyt	demanderions, demanderyons	demanderiez, demanderyez	demanderoient, demanderoyent
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ils, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	demande	demandes	demande	demandons	demandez	demandent
	imperfect	demandasse	demandasses	demandast	demandassions	demandassiez	demandassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	demande	—	demandons	demandez	—

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Old French

Verb

demander

1. to ask

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of demander (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		demander			avoir demandé, demandez
gerund		en demandant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		demandant
past participle		demandé, demandez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	demant	demant	demant	demandons	demandez, demandés	demandent
	imperfect	demandoe, demandeie, demandoie	demandoes, demandeies, demandoies	demandot, demandeit, demandoit	demandions, demandiions	demandiez, demandiiez	demandoent, demandient, demandoient
	past historic	demanda	demandas	demanda	demandames	demandastes	demanderent
	future	demanderai	demanderas	demandera	demanderons	demanderez, demandereiz	demanderont
	conditional	demanderoe, demandereie, demanderoie	demanderoes, demandereied, demanderoied	demanderot, demandereie, demanderoie	demanderions, demanderiions	demanderiez, demanderiiez	demanderoent, demandereient, demanderoient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	demant	demant	demant	demandons	demandez	demandent
	imperfect	demandasse	demandasses	demandast	demandissons	demandissez, demandissiez	demandassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	demant	—	demandons	demandez	—

Descendants

• English: to demand
• French: demander
• Jèrriais: d'mander