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abandonner

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French

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Etymology

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From Middle French, from Old French abandoner, from a ban doner (“give up to banishment”), from Frankish *bann, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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abandonner

  1. to give up
    Synonym: laisser tomber
  2. to abandon, forsake
  3. (reflexive) to give oneself (to someone)
    • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères; republished as Eleanor Marx, transl., Madame Bovary, 1886:
      Le drap de sa robe s'accrochait au velours de l'habit. Elle renversa son cou blanc, qui se gonflait d'un soupir; et, défaillante, tout en pleurs, avec un long frémissement et se cachant la figure, elle s'abandonna.
      The cloth of her habit caught against the velvet of his coat. She threw back her white neck, swelling with a sigh, and faltering, in tears, with a long shudder and hiding her face, she gave herself up to him.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of abandonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple abandonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple abandonnant
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle abandonné
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present abandonne
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn/ 		abandonnes
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn/ 		abandonne
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn/ 		abandonnons
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɔ̃/ 		abandonnez
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.ne/ 		abandonnent
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn/
imperfect abandonnais
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɛ/ 		abandonnais
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɛ/ 		abandonnait
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɛ/ 		abandonnions
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.njɔ̃/ 		abandonniez
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nje/ 		abandonnaient
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 abandonnai
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.ne/ 		abandonnas
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.na/ 		abandonna
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.na/ 		abandonnâmes
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nam/ 		abandonnâtes
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nat/ 		abandonnèrent
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɛʁ/
future abandonnerai
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁe/ 		abandonneras
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁa/ 		abandonnera
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁa/ 		abandonnerons
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/ 		abandonnerez
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁe/ 		abandonneront
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional abandonnerais
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁɛ/ 		abandonnerais
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁɛ/ 		abandonnerait
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁɛ/ 		abandonnerions
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		abandonneriez
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nə.ʁje/ 		abandonneraient
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁɛ/
(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 abandonne
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn/ 		abandonnes
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn/ 		abandonne
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn/ 		abandonnions
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.njɔ̃/ 		abandonniez
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nje/ 		abandonnent
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn/
imperfect2 abandonnasse
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nas/ 		abandonnasses
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nas/ 		abandonnât
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.na/ 		abandonnassions
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		abandonnassiez
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.na.sje/ 		abandonnassent
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — abandonne
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn/ 		— abandonnons
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɔ̃/ 		abandonnez
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.ne/ 		—
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).

Descendants

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  • → Norwegian Bokmål: abandonere
  • Romanian: abandona
  • → Romagnol: abandunêr

See also

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Further reading

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French abandoner.

Verb

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abandonner

  1. to abandon

Conjugation

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  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of abandonner
infinitive simple abandonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple abandonnant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle abandonné
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present abandonne abandonnes abandonne abandonnons abandonnez abandonnent
imperfect abandonnois, abandonnoys abandonnois, abandonnoys abandonnoit, abandonnoyt abandonnions, abandonnyons abandonniez, abandonnyez abandonnoient, abandonnoyent
past historic abandonna abandonnas abandonna abandonnasmes abandonnastes abandonnerent
future abandonnerai, abandonneray abandonneras abandonnera abandonnerons abandonnerez abandonneront
conditional abandonnerois, abandonneroys abandonnerois, abandonneroys abandonneroit, abandonneroyt abandonnerions, abandonneryons abandonneriez, abandonneryez abandonneroient, abandonneroyent
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present abandonne abandonnes abandonne abandonnons abandonnez abandonnent
imperfect abandonnasse abandonnasses abandonnast abandonnassions abandonnassiez abandonnassent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — abandonne — abandonnons abandonnez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

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