distendre

See also: distendré

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin distendere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [disˈten.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [disˈten.dɾe]

Verb

distendre (first-person singular present distenc, first-person singular preterite distenguí, past participle distès); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to distend, to stretch out

Conjugation

    Conjugation of distendre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			distendre
gerund			distenent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		distès		distesa
		plural		distesos		disteses
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	distenc	distens	distén	distenem	disteneu	distenen
	imperfect	distenia	distenies	distenia	disteníem	disteníeu	distenien
	future	distendré	distendràs	distendrà	distendrem	distendreu	distendran
	preterite	distenguí	distengueres	distengué	distenguérem	distenguéreu	distengueren
	conditional	distendria	distendries	distendria	distendríem	distendríeu	distendrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	distengui	distenguis	distengui	distenguem	distengueu	distenguin
	imperfect	distengués	distenguessis	distengués	distenguéssim	distenguéssiu	distenguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	distén	distengui	distenguem	disteneu	distenguin
	negative (no)	—	no distenguis	no distengui	no distenguem	no distengueu	no distenguin

Related terms

• distensió

Further reading

• “distendre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin distendere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.tɑ̃dʁ/

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Verb

distendre

1. (transitive) to distend

Conjugation

Conjugation of distendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	distendre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	distendant /dis.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		distendu /dis.tɑ̃.dy/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	distends /dis.tɑ̃/	distends /dis.tɑ̃/	distend /dis.tɑ̃/	distendons /dis.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/	distendez /dis.tɑ̃.de/	distendent /dis.tɑ̃d/
	imperfect	distendais /dis.tɑ̃.dɛ/	distendais /dis.tɑ̃.dɛ/	distendait /dis.tɑ̃.dɛ/	distendions /dis.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/	distendiez /dis.tɑ̃.dje/	distendaient /dis.tɑ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	distendis /dis.tɑ̃.di/	distendis /dis.tɑ̃.di/	distendit /dis.tɑ̃.di/	distendîmes /dis.tɑ̃.dim/	distendîtes /dis.tɑ̃.dit/	distendirent /dis.tɑ̃.diʁ/
	future	distendrai /dis.tɑ̃.dʁe/	distendras /dis.tɑ̃.dʁa/	distendra /dis.tɑ̃.dʁa/	distendrons /dis.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/	distendrez /dis.tɑ̃.dʁe/	distendront /dis.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	distendrais /dis.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/	distendrais /dis.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/	distendrait /dis.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/	distendrions /dis.tɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	distendriez /dis.tɑ̃.dʁi.je/	distendraient /dis.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	distende /dis.tɑ̃d/	distendes /dis.tɑ̃d/	distende /dis.tɑ̃d/	distendions /dis.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/	distendiez /dis.tɑ̃.dje/	distendent /dis.tɑ̃d/
	imperfect2	distendisse /dis.tɑ̃.dis/	distendisses /dis.tɑ̃.dis/	distendît /dis.tɑ̃.di/	distendissions /dis.tɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/	distendissiez /dis.tɑ̃.di.sje/	distendissent /dis.tɑ̃.dis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	distends /dis.tɑ̃/	—	distendons /dis.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/	distendez /dis.tɑ̃.de/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “distendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.