condescendre
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French condescendre, from Old French condescendre, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin condescendere, from Latin con- + descendō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]condescendre
- (followed by the preposition à) to assent (to); to agree (to); to condescend (to)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | simple | condescendre | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | condescendant /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | condescendu /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dy/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dy/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | condescends /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃/ |
condescends /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃/ |
condescend /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃/ |
condescendons /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
condescendez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.de/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.de/ |
condescendent /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃d/ |
imperfect | condescendais /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/ |
condescendais /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/ |
condescendait /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/ |
condescendions /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
condescendiez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dje/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dje/ |
condescendaient /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/ | |
past historic2 | condescendis /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di/ |
condescendis /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di/ |
condescendit /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di/ |
condescendîmes /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dim/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dim/ |
condescendîtes /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dit/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dit/ |
condescendirent /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.diʁ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.diʁ/ | |
future | condescendrai /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁe/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁe/ |
condescendras /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁa/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁa/ |
condescendra /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁa/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁa/ |
condescendrons /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
condescendrez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁe/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁe/ |
condescendront /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | condescendrais /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
condescendrais /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
condescendrait /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
condescendrions /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
condescendriez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁi.je/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁi.je/ |
condescendraient /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.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 | condescende /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃d/ |
condescendes /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃d/ |
condescende /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃d/ |
condescendions /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
condescendiez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dje/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dje/ |
condescendent /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃d/ |
imperfect2 | condescendisse /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dis/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dis/ |
condescendisses /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dis/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dis/ |
condescendît /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di/ |
condescendissions /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
condescendissiez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di.sje/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di.sje/ |
condescendissent /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dis/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | condescends /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃/ |
— | condescendons /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
condescendez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.de/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “condescendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French condescendre.
Verb
[edit]condescendre
- (reflexive) to assent (to); to agree (to)
- 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:
- L’Empereur Conrad troisiesme, ayant assiegé Guelphe, duc de Bavieres, ne voulut condescendre a plus douces conditions
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit]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.
Descendants
[edit]- French: condescendre
References
[edit]- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (condescendre, supplement)
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin condescendō, condescendere, from Latin con- + descendō.
Verb
[edit]condescendre
Conjugation
[edit]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.
Descendants
[edit]- → Middle English: condescenden
- English: condescend
- Middle French: condescendre
- French: condescendre
References
[edit]- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (condescendre)
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