contondre

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contundere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tɔ̃dʁ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔ̃dʁ

Verb

contondre

  1. (archaic) to hit; to give blows
  2. (medicine) to produce contusions; bruise
  3. (pharmacy) to grind with a mortar

Conjugation

Conjugation of contondre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple contondre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple contondant
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle contondu
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present contonds
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃/ 		contonds
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃/ 		contond
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃/ 		contondons
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dɔ̃/ 		contondez
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.de/ 		contondent
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃d/
imperfect contondais
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dɛ/ 		contondais
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dɛ/ 		contondait
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dɛ/ 		contondions
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.djɔ̃/ 		contondiez
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dje/ 		contondaient
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 contondis
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.di/ 		contondis
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.di/ 		contondit
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.di/ 		contondîmes
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dim/ 		contondîtes
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dit/ 		contondirent
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.diʁ/
future contondrai
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dʁe/ 		contondras
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dʁa/ 		contondra
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dʁa/ 		contondrons
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		contondrez
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dʁe/ 		contondront
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional contondrais
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		contondrais
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		contondrait
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		contondrions
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		contondriez
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dʁi.je/ 		contondraient
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.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 contonde
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃d/ 		contondes
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃d/ 		contonde
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃d/ 		contondions
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.djɔ̃/ 		contondiez
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dje/ 		contondent
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃d/
imperfect2 contondisse
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dis/ 		contondisses
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dis/ 		contondît
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.di/ 		contondissions
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ 		contondissiez
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.di.sje/ 		contondissent
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — contonds
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃/ 		— contondons
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dɔ̃/ 		contondez
/kɔ̃.tɔ̃.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).

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