succomber

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin succumbere, present active infinitive of succumbō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.kɔ̃.be/

Verb

succomber

1. (intransitive) to succumb

   Il succomba à une surdose. - He succumbed to an overdose.

Conjugation

Conjugation of succomber (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	succomber
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	succombant /sy.kɔ̃.bɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		succombé /sy.kɔ̃.be/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	succombe /sy.kɔ̃b/	succombes /sy.kɔ̃b/	succombe /sy.kɔ̃b/	succombons /sy.kɔ̃.bɔ̃/	succombez /sy.kɔ̃.be/	succombent /sy.kɔ̃b/
	imperfect	succombais /sy.kɔ̃.bɛ/	succombais /sy.kɔ̃.bɛ/	succombait /sy.kɔ̃.bɛ/	succombions /sy.kɔ̃.bjɔ̃/	succombiez /sy.kɔ̃.bje/	succombaient /sy.kɔ̃.bɛ/
	past historic2	succombai /sy.kɔ̃.be/	succombas /sy.kɔ̃.ba/	succomba /sy.kɔ̃.ba/	succombâmes /sy.kɔ̃.bam/	succombâtes /sy.kɔ̃.bat/	succombèrent /sy.kɔ̃.bɛʁ/
	future	succomberai /sy.kɔ̃.bʁe/	succomberas /sy.kɔ̃.bʁa/	succombera /sy.kɔ̃.bʁa/	succomberons /sy.kɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/	succomberez /sy.kɔ̃.bʁe/	succomberont /sy.kɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/
	conditional	succomberais /sy.kɔ̃.bʁɛ/	succomberais /sy.kɔ̃.bʁɛ/	succomberait /sy.kɔ̃.bʁɛ/	succomberions /sy.kɔ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/	succomberiez /sy.kɔ̃.bə.ʁje/	succomberaient /sy.kɔ̃.bʁɛ/
(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	succombe /sy.kɔ̃b/	succombes /sy.kɔ̃b/	succombe /sy.kɔ̃b/	succombions /sy.kɔ̃.bjɔ̃/	succombiez /sy.kɔ̃.bje/	succombent /sy.kɔ̃b/
	imperfect2	succombasse /sy.kɔ̃.bas/	succombasses /sy.kɔ̃.bas/	succombât /sy.kɔ̃.ba/	succombassions /sy.kɔ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/	succombassiez /sy.kɔ̃.ba.sje/	succombassent /sy.kɔ̃.bas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	succombe /sy.kɔ̃b/	—	succombons /sy.kɔ̃.bɔ̃/	succombez /sy.kɔ̃.be/	—
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).

Further reading

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

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin succumbere, present active infinitive of succumbō.

Verb

succomber

1. (intransitive) to succumb
2. (transitive) to cause to succumb
3. (intransitive) to die
4. (intransitive) to bow

Descendants

• → English: succumb
• French: succomber