rendre

See also: rèndre

English

Verb

rendre (third-person singular simple present rendres, present participle rendring, simple past and past participle rendred)

1. Archaic form of render.

Anagrams

• Derner, Render, render

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rendʁ/

Verb

rendre

1. to render
2. to give back
3. to make

   Tu me rends malade

   You make me ill

4. to pay (a visit)
5. (reflexive) to make one's way, to get oneself (into a place) (with dens or en)

   Je mé su rendu en payis de montagne

   I went to the mountains

6. (reflexive) to call on (someone) (with chiéz)
7. (reflexive) to surrender

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rendre - 3rd group verb

		simple			compound
infinitive		rendre			avêr rendu
past participle		rendu			-
gerund		rendent			èyent rendu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je	te	il	nos	vos	ils
	present	rendo	rends	rend	rendens	rendéds	rendont
	imperfect	rendien	rendias	rendiêt	rendians	rendiâds	rendiant
	preterite	rendi	rendis	rendit	rendirons	rendites, rendirâds	rendiront
	future	rendré	rendrés	rendrat	rendrens	rendréds	rendront
conditional		rendren	rendrias	rendrêt	rendrians	rendriâds	rendriant
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avêr plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avêr plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avêr plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avêr plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avêr plus the past participle
subjunctive		que je	que te	qu'il	que nos	que vos	qu'ils
	present	rendo	rendes	rende	rendans	rendiâds	rendant
	imperfect	rendissen	rendissias	rendisse	rendissians	rendissiâds	rendissant
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avêr plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avêr plus the past participle
imperative		-	te	-	nos	vos	-
			rends		rendens	rendéds

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French rendre, from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɑ̃dʁ/

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Verb

rendre

1. to give back; to return, to restore
2. to render
3. to give

   rendre un avis favorable. ― To give a favorable opinion.

   rendre sa décision. ― To make a decision.

4. to make
   • 2018, Zaz, Plume:

     J’entends les rires sur mon passage ; il paraît que je suis trop fragile. Mais comme les critiques glissent sur le plumage, être une plume rend les choses plus faciles.

     I hear the laughter as I pass; they say I'm too fragile. But as the critics glide over the plumage, being a feather makes things easier.

   Tu me rends malade. ― You make me ill.

5. to pay (a visit)

   L’amour vient rendre visite à mon âme. ― Love comes to pay a visit to my soul.

6. (reflexive) to make one's way (to a place), to get oneself (into a place) (with dans)
   • 2009, Christophe Josset, "L'État ne veut plus payer pour sauver ses touristes en perdition à l'étranger", France24.com:

     Les Français libérés lors d’une opération de secours après s’être rendus dans une zone étrangère dangereuse pourraient devoir en régler la facture.

     French people liberated during a rescue operation after having gotten themselves into a dangerous foreign zone may have to pay the bill.

7. (reflexive, transitive with chez) to call on (someone)
8. (reflexive) to surrender, to give in, to give oneself up to
   • 2013, Zaz, Laissez-moi:

     Ah, ah, laissez-moi perturber les cimes et me rendre à mon émoi.

     Ah, ah, let me disturb the peaks and surrender to my emotion.

   Après trois longues heures d’attente, le voleur s’est finalement rendu. ― After three long hours of waiting, the thief finally surrendered.

Conjugation

Conjugation of rendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	rendre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rendant /ʁɑ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		rendu /ʁɑ̃.dy/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	rends /ʁɑ̃/	rends /ʁɑ̃/	rend /ʁɑ̃/	rendons /ʁɑ̃.dɔ̃/	rendez /ʁɑ̃.de/	rendent /ʁɑ̃d/
	imperfect	rendais /ʁɑ̃.dɛ/	rendais /ʁɑ̃.dɛ/	rendait /ʁɑ̃.dɛ/	rendions /ʁɑ̃.djɔ̃/	rendiez /ʁɑ̃.dje/	rendaient /ʁɑ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	rendis /ʁɑ̃.di/	rendis /ʁɑ̃.di/	rendit /ʁɑ̃.di/	rendîmes /ʁɑ̃.dim/	rendîtes /ʁɑ̃.dit/	rendirent /ʁɑ̃.diʁ/
	future	rendrai /ʁɑ̃.dʁe/	rendras /ʁɑ̃.dʁa/	rendra /ʁɑ̃.dʁa/	rendrons /ʁɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/	rendrez /ʁɑ̃.dʁe/	rendront /ʁɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	rendrais /ʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/	rendrais /ʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/	rendrait /ʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/	rendrions /ʁɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	rendriez /ʁɑ̃.dʁi.je/	rendraient /ʁɑ̃.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	rende /ʁɑ̃d/	rendes /ʁɑ̃d/	rende /ʁɑ̃d/	rendions /ʁɑ̃.djɔ̃/	rendiez /ʁɑ̃.dje/	rendent /ʁɑ̃d/
	imperfect2	rendisse /ʁɑ̃.dis/	rendisses /ʁɑ̃.dis/	rendît /ʁɑ̃.di/	rendissions /ʁɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/	rendissiez /ʁɑ̃.di.sje/	rendissent /ʁɑ̃.dis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	rends /ʁɑ̃/	—	rendons /ʁɑ̃.dɔ̃/	rendez /ʁɑ̃.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).

Conjugation of se rendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	se rendre
	compound	s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	se rendant /sə ʁɑ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		rendu /ʁɑ̃.dy/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	me rends /mə ʁɑ̃/	te rends /tə ʁɑ̃/	se rend /sə ʁɑ̃/	nous rendons /nu ʁɑ̃.dɔ̃/	vous rendez /vu ʁɑ̃.de/	se rendent /sə ʁɑ̃d/
	imperfect	me rendais /mə ʁɑ̃.dɛ/	te rendais /tə ʁɑ̃.dɛ/	se rendait /sə ʁɑ̃.dɛ/	nous rendions /nu ʁɑ̃.djɔ̃/	vous rendiez /vu ʁɑ̃.dje/	se rendaient /sə ʁɑ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	me rendis /mə ʁɑ̃.di/	te rendis /tə ʁɑ̃.di/	se rendit /sə ʁɑ̃.di/	nous rendîmes /nu ʁɑ̃.dim/	vous rendîtes /vu ʁɑ̃.dit/	se rendirent /sə ʁɑ̃.diʁ/
	future	me rendrai /mə ʁɑ̃.dʁe/	te rendras /tə ʁɑ̃.dʁa/	se rendra /sə ʁɑ̃.dʁa/	nous rendrons /nu ʁɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/	vous rendrez /vu ʁɑ̃.dʁe/	se rendront /sə ʁɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	me rendrais /mə ʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/	te rendrais /tə ʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/	se rendrait /sə ʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/	nous rendrions /nu ʁɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	vous rendriez /vu ʁɑ̃.dʁi.je/	se rendraient /sə ʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	me rende /mə ʁɑ̃d/	te rendes /tə ʁɑ̃d/	se rende /sə ʁɑ̃d/	nous rendions /nu ʁɑ̃.djɔ̃/	vous rendiez /vu ʁɑ̃.dje/	se rendent /sə ʁɑ̃d/
	imperfect2	me rendisse /mə ʁɑ̃.dis/	te rendisses /tə ʁɑ̃.dis/	se rendît /sə ʁɑ̃.di/	nous rendissions /nu ʁɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/	vous rendissiez /vu ʁɑ̃.di.sje/	se rendissent /sə ʁɑ̃.dis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	rends-toi /ʁɑ̃.twa/	—	rendons-nous /ʁɑ̃.dɔ̃.nu/	rendez-vous /ʁɑ̃.de.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + 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).

Derived terms

• rendez-vous
• rendre à César ce qui est à César
• rendre chèvre
• rendre compte
• rendre gorge
• rendre hommage
• rendre justice
• rendre la monnaie de sa pièce
• rendre la pareille
• rendre le dernier soupir
• rendre l’âme
• rendre service
• rendre son tablier
• rendre visite
• rendu
• se rendre à l’évidence
• tout ça ne nous rendra pas le Congo

 

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Etymology

rend (“order”) +‎ -re (case suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛndrɛ]
• Hyphenation: rend‧re
• Rhymes: -rɛ

Noun

rendre

1. sublative singular of rend

   A gyerekeknek rendre és állandóságra van szükségük. ― Children need order and stability.

Derived terms

Prefixed verbs

• rendreutasít

 

Adverb

rendre

1. (formal) respectively (used when comparing lists, where the term denotes that the items in the lists correspond to each other in the order they are given)
2. (archaic, folksy) by turns, successively, in order, step by step (one after the other without pause)

   Synonyms: egymás után, sorjában

   Mondd el rendre, hogy mi történt. ― Tell me in order what happened.

Interjection

rendre

1. (archaic, politics) order! (the speaker's call to order during sessions in legislature)

   Rendre, rendre! ― Order, order!

Further reading

• (adverb): rendre in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (interjection): rendre in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere.

Verb

rendre

1. to give back; to return (something)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		rendre			avoir rendu
gerund		en rendant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		rendant
past participle		rendu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	rent	renz	rent	rendons	rendez	rendent
	imperfect	rendoie, rendeie	rendoies, rendeies	rendoit, rendeit	rendiiens, rendiens	rendiiez, rendiez	rendoient, rendeient
	preterite	rendi	rendis	rendié	rendimes	rendistes	rendierent
	future	rendrai	rendras	rendra	rendrons	rendroiz, rendreiz, rendrez	rendront
	conditional	rendroie, rendreie	rendroies, rendreies	rendroit, rendreit	rendriiens, rendriens	rendriiez, rendriez	rendroient, rendreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	rende	rendes	rende	rendons	rendez	rendent
	imperfect	rendisse	rendisses	rendist	rendissons, rendissiens	rendissoiz, rendissez, rendissiez	rendissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	rent	—	rendons	rendez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: rendre
  • French: rendre
  • → Dutch: renderen
• Walloon: rinde
• → Middle English: rendren, renderen
  • English: render, rendre
    • → Dutch: renderen