vendre

See also: vendré

Catalan

Etymology

From , from Latin vēndere, present active infinitive of vēndō (“sell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛn.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvən.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈven.dɾe]

Verb

vendre (first-person singular present venc, first-person singular preterite venguí, past participle venut)

1. to sell

   Antonym: comprar

Related terms

• venda
• vendible
• vendició
• venedor

 

Further reading

• “vendre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “vendre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “vendre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “vendre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin vēndere, present active infinitive of vēndō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vendʁ(ə)/

Verb

vendre

1. (transitive) to sell
2. (reflexive) to sell

   Celi livro sé vend bien. ― This book sells good.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vendre - 3rd group verb

		simple			compound
infinitive		vendre			avêr vendu
past participle		vendu			-
gerund		vendent			èyent vendu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je	te	il	nos	vos	ils
	present	vendo	vends	vend	vendens	vendéds	vendont
	imperfect	vendien	vendias	vendiêt	vendians	vendiâds	vendiant
	preterite	vendi	vendis	vendit	vendirons	vendites, vendirâds	vendiront
	future	vendré	vendrés	vendrat	vendrens	vendréds	vendront
conditional		vendren	vendrias	vendrêt	vendrians	vendriâds	vendriant
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avêr plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avêr plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avêr plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avêr plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avêr plus the past participle
subjunctive		que je	que te	qu'il	que nos	que vos	qu'ils
	present	vendo	vendes	vende	vendans	vendiâds	vendant
	imperfect	vendissen	vendissias	vendisse	vendissians	vendissiâds	vendissant
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avêr plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avêr plus the past participle
imperative		-	te	-	nos	vos	-
			vends		vendens	vendéds

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French

Etymology

From Old French vendre, from Latin vēndere, present active infinitive of vēndō (“sell”).

• Cognate with Italian vendere, Spanish vender

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑ̃dʁ/

• audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): [vɔ̃n]
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃dʁə

Verb

vendre

1. (transitive) to sell
2. (reflexive) to sell

   Ce livre s’est vendu à des millions d’exemplaires. ― This book has sold millions of copies.

3. (transitive) to sell out (betray)

Conjugation

Conjugation of vendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	vendre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	vendant /vɑ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		vendu /vɑ̃.dy/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	vends /vɑ̃/	vends /vɑ̃/	vend /vɑ̃/	vendons /vɑ̃.dɔ̃/	vendez /vɑ̃.de/	vendent /vɑ̃d/
	imperfect	vendais /vɑ̃.dɛ/	vendais /vɑ̃.dɛ/	vendait /vɑ̃.dɛ/	vendions /vɑ̃.djɔ̃/	vendiez /vɑ̃.dje/	vendaient /vɑ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	vendis /vɑ̃.di/	vendis /vɑ̃.di/	vendit /vɑ̃.di/	vendîmes /vɑ̃.dim/	vendîtes /vɑ̃.dit/	vendirent /vɑ̃.diʁ/
	future	vendrai /vɑ̃.dʁe/	vendras /vɑ̃.dʁa/	vendra /vɑ̃.dʁa/	vendrons /vɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/	vendrez /vɑ̃.dʁe/	vendront /vɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	vendrais /vɑ̃.dʁɛ/	vendrais /vɑ̃.dʁɛ/	vendrait /vɑ̃.dʁɛ/	vendrions /vɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	vendriez /vɑ̃.dʁi.je/	vendraient /vɑ̃.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	vende /vɑ̃d/	vendes /vɑ̃d/	vende /vɑ̃d/	vendions /vɑ̃.djɔ̃/	vendiez /vɑ̃.dje/	vendent /vɑ̃d/
	imperfect2	vendisse /vɑ̃.dis/	vendisses /vɑ̃.dis/	vendît /vɑ̃.di/	vendissions /vɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/	vendissiez /vɑ̃.di.sje/	vendissent /vɑ̃.dis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	vends /vɑ̃/	—	vendons /vɑ̃.dɔ̃/	vendez /vɑ̃.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

• vendeur

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• revend

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French vendre, from Latin vēndere, present active infinitive of vēndō (“I sell”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

  (file)

Verb

vendre

1. (Jersey) to sell

   Antonym: acater

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan vendre, from Latin vēndere, present active infinitive of vēndō (“sell”).

Verb

vendre

1. to sell

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin vēndere, present active infinitive of vēndō (“I sell”).

Verb

vendre

1. to sell

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 vendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		vendre			avoir vendu
gerund		en vendant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		vendant
past participle		vendu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	vent	venz	vent	vendons	vendez	vendent
	imperfect	vendoie, vendeie	vendoies, vendeies	vendoit, vendeit	vendiiens, vendiens	vendiiez, vendiez	vendoient, vendeient
	preterite	vendi	vendis	vendié	vendimes	vendistes	vendierent
	future	vendrai	vendras	vendra	vendrons	vendroiz, vendreiz, vendrez	vendront
	conditional	vendroie, vendreie	vendroies, vendreies	vendroit, vendreit	vendriiens, vendriens	vendriiez, vendriez	vendroient, vendreient
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	vende	vendes	vende	vendons	vendez	vendent
	imperfect	vendisse	vendisses	vendist	vendissons, vendissiens	vendissoiz, vendissez, vendissiez	vendissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	vent	—	vendons	vendez	—

Related terms

• vendeor

Descendants

• French: vendre
• Dutch: vendu
  • English: vendue
• Norman: vendre
• Walloon: vinde

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin vēndere, present active infinitive of vēndō (“sell”).

Verb

vendre

1. to sell

Descendants

• Catalan: vendre
• Occitan: vendre

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vēndere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume
  , page 231