fendre

See also: fendré

Catalan

Etymology

From , from Latin findere, present active infinitive of findō, from Proto-Italic *findō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈfɛn.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈfən.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfen.dɾe]

Verb

fendre (first-person singular present fenc, first-person singular preterite fenguí, past participle fes)

1. to split, to cleave

Synonyms

• esberlar

Related terms

• fenedura
• fenella

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French

Etymology

From Old French fendre, from Latin findere, present active infinitive of findō, from Proto-Italic *findō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑ̃dʁ/

• Audio (France, Paris):

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃dr

Verb

fendre

1. to split, to chop (wood), to crack
2. to shoulder (one's way through a crowd)
3. (figurative) to break (someone's heart)
4. (reflexive, se fendre, of heart) to break
5. (reflexive, se fendre) to crack, to split
6. (reflexive, se fendre, ~ de) to manage, to come up with
7. (reflexive, se fendre, fencing) to lunge

Conjugation

Conjugation of fendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	fendre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	fendant /fɑ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		fendu /fɑ̃.dy/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	fends /fɑ̃/	fends /fɑ̃/	fend /fɑ̃/	fendons /fɑ̃.dɔ̃/	fendez /fɑ̃.de/	fendent /fɑ̃d/
	imperfect	fendais /fɑ̃.dɛ/	fendais /fɑ̃.dɛ/	fendait /fɑ̃.dɛ/	fendions /fɑ̃.djɔ̃/	fendiez /fɑ̃.dje/	fendaient /fɑ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	fendis /fɑ̃.di/	fendis /fɑ̃.di/	fendit /fɑ̃.di/	fendîmes /fɑ̃.dim/	fendîtes /fɑ̃.dit/	fendirent /fɑ̃.diʁ/
	future	fendrai /fɑ̃.dʁe/	fendras /fɑ̃.dʁa/	fendra /fɑ̃.dʁa/	fendrons /fɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/	fendrez /fɑ̃.dʁe/	fendront /fɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	fendrais /fɑ̃.dʁɛ/	fendrais /fɑ̃.dʁɛ/	fendrait /fɑ̃.dʁɛ/	fendrions /fɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	fendriez /fɑ̃.dʁi.je/	fendraient /fɑ̃.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	fende /fɑ̃d/	fendes /fɑ̃d/	fende /fɑ̃d/	fendions /fɑ̃.djɔ̃/	fendiez /fɑ̃.dje/	fendent /fɑ̃d/
	imperfect2	fendisse /fɑ̃.dis/	fendisses /fɑ̃.dis/	fendît /fɑ̃.di/	fendissions /fɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/	fendissiez /fɑ̃.di.sje/	fendissent /fɑ̃.dis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	fends /fɑ̃/	—	fendons /fɑ̃.dɔ̃/	fendez /fɑ̃.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

• fente
• fesse
• fissure

Further reading

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fendere, fendrer

Noun

fendre m

1. indefinite plural of fender

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin findere, present active infinitive of findō.

Verb

fendre

1. to split

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 fendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		fendre			avoir fendu
gerund		en fendant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		fendant
past participle		fendu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	fent	fenz	fent	fendons	fendez	fendent
	imperfect	fendoie, fendeie	fendoies, fendeies	fendoit, fendeit	fendiiens, fendiens	fendiiez, fendiez	fendoient, fendeient
	preterite	fendi	fendis	fendié	fendimes	fendistes	fendierent
	future	fendrai	fendras	fendra	fendrons	fendroiz, fendreiz, fendrez	fendront
	conditional	fendroie, fendreie	fendroies, fendreies	fendroit, fendreit	fendriiens, fendriens	fendriiez, fendriez	fendroient, fendreient
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	fende	fendes	fende	fendons	fendez	fendent
	imperfect	fendisse	fendisses	fendist	fendissons, fendissiens	fendissoiz, fendissez, fendissiez	fendissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	fent	—	fendons	fendez	—

Descendants

• French: fendre