émonder

See also: êmonder

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēmundāre, from ēmundō (“I clean”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.mɔ̃.de/

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Verb

émonder

1. to prune (a tree etc.)

   Synonym: élaguer

2. (figurative) to proofread

   Synonym: corriger

3. to blanch (to peel almonds, tomatoes etc. with heat)

   Synonym: monder

Conjugation

Conjugation of émonder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	émonder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	émondant /e.mɔ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		émondé /e.mɔ̃.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	émonde /e.mɔ̃d/	émondes /e.mɔ̃d/	émonde /e.mɔ̃d/	émondons /e.mɔ̃.dɔ̃/	émondez /e.mɔ̃.de/	émondent /e.mɔ̃d/
	imperfect	émondais /e.mɔ̃.dɛ/	émondais /e.mɔ̃.dɛ/	émondait /e.mɔ̃.dɛ/	émondions /e.mɔ̃.djɔ̃/	émondiez /e.mɔ̃.dje/	émondaient /e.mɔ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	émondai /e.mɔ̃.de/	émondas /e.mɔ̃.da/	émonda /e.mɔ̃.da/	émondâmes /e.mɔ̃.dam/	émondâtes /e.mɔ̃.dat/	émondèrent /e.mɔ̃.dɛʁ/
	future	émonderai /e.mɔ̃.dʁe/	émonderas /e.mɔ̃.dʁa/	émondera /e.mɔ̃.dʁa/	émonderons /e.mɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/	émonderez /e.mɔ̃.dʁe/	émonderont /e.mɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	émonderais /e.mɔ̃.dʁɛ/	émonderais /e.mɔ̃.dʁɛ/	émonderait /e.mɔ̃.dʁɛ/	émonderions /e.mɔ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/	émonderiez /e.mɔ̃.də.ʁje/	émonderaient /e.mɔ̃.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	émonde /e.mɔ̃d/	émondes /e.mɔ̃d/	émonde /e.mɔ̃d/	émondions /e.mɔ̃.djɔ̃/	émondiez /e.mɔ̃.dje/	émondent /e.mɔ̃d/
	imperfect2	émondasse /e.mɔ̃.das/	émondasses /e.mɔ̃.das/	émondât /e.mɔ̃.da/	émondassions /e.mɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃/	émondassiez /e.mɔ̃.da.sje/	émondassent /e.mɔ̃.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	émonde /e.mɔ̃d/	—	émondons /e.mɔ̃.dɔ̃/	émondez /e.mɔ̃.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).

Related terms

• immonde
• monder

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• endorme, moderne

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēmundō, ēmundāre.

Verb

émonder

1. to prune