respondre

See also: respondré

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan respondre, from Latin respondēre with a change in conjugation, perhaps influenced by the unrelated pondre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəsˈpɔn.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [resˈpɔn.dɾe]

Verb

respondre (first-person singular present responc, first-person singular preterite responguí, past participle respost)

1. to reply; to respond

References

• “respondre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French respondre, from Latin respondēre, present active infinitive of respondeō.

Verb

respondre

1. to reply; to respond

Descendants

• French: répondre

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin respondēre, present active infinitive of respondeō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

respondre

1. to reply; to respond

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• respoundre, respundre (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Latin respondēre, present active infinitive of respondeō. The sudden jump from the second conjugation (-eō, -ēre) to the third (-ō, -ere) is unclear, logically, the proper form would be "respondir" or "respondoir".

It could have been influenced by Old French espondre, or could have been reanalyzed as re- +‎ espondre.

Verb

respondre

1. to reply, to respond

Conjugation

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

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		respondre			avoir respondu, respons
gerund		en respondant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		respondant
past participle		respondu, respons
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	respoing, respon	responz	respont	respondons	respondez	respondent
	imperfect	respondoie, respondeie	respondoies, respondeies	respondoit, respondeit	respondiiens, respondiens	respondiiez, respondiez	respondoient, respondeient
	preterite	respondi	respondis	respondié, respost	respondimes	respondistes	respondierent
	future	respondrai	respondras	respondra	respondrons	respondroiz, respondreiz, respondrez	respondront
	conditional	respondroie, respondreie	respondroies, respondreies	respondroit, respondreit	respondriiens, respondriens	respondriiez, respondriez	respondroient, respondreient
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	respoigne, responde	respoignes, respondes	respoigne, responde	respoignons, respondons	respoignez, respondez	respoignent, respondent
	imperfect	respondisse	respondisses	respondist	respondissons, respondissiens	respondissoiz, respondissez, respondissiez	respondissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	respont	—	respondons	respondez	—

Derived terms

• respondeor

Related terms

• response

Descendants

• → English: respond
• Middle French: respondre
  • French: répondre
• Norman: rêpondre (Jersey)