pondre
Catalan
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 147: Old Occitan (pro) is not set as an ancestor of Catalan (ca) in Module:languages/data/2. The ancestor of Catalan is Old Catalan (roa-oca)., from Latin pōnere, present active infinitive of pōnō, from Proto-Italic *posnō.
Pronunciation
Verb
pondre (first-person singular present ponc, first-person singular preterite ponguí, past participle post)
- to lay (an egg)
Conjugation
Derived terms
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French
Etymology
From Old French pondre, inherited from Latin pōnere, present active infinitive of pōnō, from Proto-Italic *posnō.
Pronunciation
Verb
pondre
- to lay (eggs)
- (slang, France) to give birth
Conjugation
infinitive | simple | pondre | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | pondant /pɔ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | pondu /pɔ̃.dy/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | ponds /pɔ̃/ |
ponds /pɔ̃/ |
pond /pɔ̃/ |
pondons /pɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
pondez /pɔ̃.de/ |
pondent /pɔ̃d/ |
imperfect | pondais /pɔ̃.dɛ/ |
pondais /pɔ̃.dɛ/ |
pondait /pɔ̃.dɛ/ |
pondions /pɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
pondiez /pɔ̃.dje/ |
pondaient /pɔ̃.dɛ/ | |
past historic2 | pondis /pɔ̃.di/ |
pondis /pɔ̃.di/ |
pondit /pɔ̃.di/ |
pondîmes /pɔ̃.dim/ |
pondîtes /pɔ̃.dit/ |
pondirent /pɔ̃.diʁ/ | |
future | pondrai /pɔ̃.dʁe/ |
pondras /pɔ̃.dʁa/ |
pondra /pɔ̃.dʁa/ |
pondrons /pɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
pondrez /pɔ̃.dʁe/ |
pondront /pɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | pondrais /pɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
pondrais /pɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
pondrait /pɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
pondrions /pɔ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
pondriez /pɔ̃.dʁi.je/ |
pondraient /pɔ̃.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 | ponde /pɔ̃d/ |
pondes /pɔ̃d/ |
ponde /pɔ̃d/ |
pondions /pɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
pondiez /pɔ̃.dje/ |
pondent /pɔ̃d/ |
imperfect2 | pondisse /pɔ̃.dis/ |
pondisses /pɔ̃.dis/ |
pondît /pɔ̃.di/ |
pondissions /pɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
pondissiez /pɔ̃.di.sje/ |
pondissent /pɔ̃.dis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | ponds /pɔ̃/ |
— | pondons /pɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
pondez /pɔ̃.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). |
Related terms
Further reading
- “pondre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Norman
Etymology
From Old French pondre, from Latin pōnō, pōnere (“place, put, lay”).
Verb
pondre
Old French
Etymology
From Latin pōnere, present active infinitive of pōnō.
Verb
pondre
- to lay (eggs)
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.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | pondre | avoir pons, pos, post, ponu, pondu | |||||
gerund | en ponant, pondant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | ponant, pondant | ||||||
past participle | pons, pos, post, ponu, pondu | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | poing | pons | pont, ponst | ponons, pondons | ponez, pondez | ponent, pondent |
imperfect | ponoie, poneie | ponoies, poneies | ponoit, poneit | poniiens, poniens | poniiez, poniez | ponoient, poneient | |
preterite | pos, pons, poni | posis, ponsis, ponis | post, ponst, ponié | posimes, ponsimes, ponimes | posistes, ponsistes, ponistes | postrent, ponstrent, ponierent | |
future | pondrai | pondras | pondra | pondrons | pondroiz, pondreiz, pondrez | pondront | |
conditional | pondroie, pondreie | pondroies, pondreies | pondroit, pondreit | pondriiens, pondriens | pondriiez, pondriez | pondroient, pondreient | |
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 | poigne, ponde, ponge | poignes, pondes, ponges | poigne, ponde, ponge | poigniens, poignons, pondons, pongiens, ponjons | poigniez, pondez, pongiez | poignent, pondent, pongent |
imperfect | posisse, ponsisse, ponisse | posisses, ponsisses, ponisses | posist, ponsist, ponist | posissons, posissiens, ponsissons, ponsissiens, ponissons, ponissiens | posissoiz, posissez, posissiez, ponsissoiz, ponsissez, ponsissiez, ponissoiz, ponissez, ponissiez | posissent, ponsissent, ponissent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | pon | — | ponons | ponez | — |
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Etymology and history of “pondre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (pondre, supplement)
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