correspondre
See also: correspondré
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin correspondēre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ku.rəsˈpɔn.dɾə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ko.rəsˈpɔn.dɾə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ko.resˈpɔn.dɾe]
Verb
correspondre (first-person singular present corresponc, first-person singular preterite corresponguí, past participle correspost); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
- to correspond
Conjugation
Conjugation of correspondre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)
Related terms
Further reading
- “correspondre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “correspondre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “correspondre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “correspondre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin correspondēre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃dʁ/
Audio (Paris): (file)
Verb
correspondre
- to correspond
- Le Québec est une province du Canada dont les frontières correspondent au territoire de la nation québécoise.
- Quebec is a province of Canada whose borders correspond to the territory of the Quebecois nation.
- to write to
Conjugation
Conjugation of correspondre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | correspondre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | correspondant /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | correspondu /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dy/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | corresponds /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃/ |
corresponds /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃/ |
correspond /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃/ |
correspondons /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
correspondez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.de/ |
correspondent /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect | correspondais /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɛ/ |
correspondais /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɛ/ |
correspondait /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɛ/ |
correspondions /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
correspondiez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dje/ |
correspondaient /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | correspondis /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di/ |
correspondis /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di/ |
correspondit /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di/ |
correspondîmes /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dim/ |
correspondîtes /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dit/ |
correspondirent /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.diʁ/ | |
| future | correspondrai /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁe/ |
correspondras /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁa/ |
correspondra /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁa/ |
correspondrons /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
correspondrez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁe/ |
correspondront /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | correspondrais /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
correspondrais /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
correspondrait /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
correspondrions /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
correspondriez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁi.je/ |
correspondraient /kɔ.ʁɛs.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 | corresponde /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/ |
correspondes /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/ |
corresponde /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/ |
correspondions /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
correspondiez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dje/ |
correspondent /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect2 | correspondisse /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dis/ |
correspondisses /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dis/ |
correspondît /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di/ |
correspondissions /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
correspondissiez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di.sje/ |
correspondissent /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | corresponds /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃/ |
— | correspondons /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
correspondez /kɔ.ʁɛs.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
- “correspondre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin correspondēre.
Verb
correspondre
- to correspond (of two or more people, to mutually respond to one another)
Old French
Etymology
First known attestation circa 1330, from Medieval Latin correspondēre.
Verb
correspondre
- to correspond
- to write to
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.
Conjugation of correspondre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | correspondre | avoir correspondu, correspons | |||||
| gerund | en correspondant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | correspondant | ||||||
| past participle | correspondu, correspons | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | correspoing, correspon | corresponz | correspont | correspondons | correspondez | correspondent |
| imperfect | correspondoie, correspondeie | correspondoies, correspondeies | correspondoit, correspondeit | correspondiiens, correspondiens | correspondiiez, correspondiez | correspondoient, correspondeient | |
| preterite | correspondi | correspondis | correspondié, correspost | correspondimes | correspondistes | correspondierent | |
| future | correspondrai | correspondras | correspondra | correspondrons | correspondroiz, correspondreiz, correspondrez | correspondront | |
| conditional | correspondroie, correspondreie | correspondroies, correspondreies | correspondroit, correspondreit | correspondriiens, correspondriens | correspondriiez, correspondriez | correspondroient, correspondreient | |
| 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 | correspoigne, corresponde | correspoignes, correspondes | correspoigne, corresponde | correspoignons, correspondons | correspoignez, correspondez | correspoignent, correspondent |
| imperfect | correspondisse | correspondisses | correspondist | correspondissons, correspondissiens | correspondissoiz, correspondissez, correspondissiez | correspondissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | correspont | — | correspondons | correspondez | — | ||
Further reading
- Etymology and history of “correspondre”, 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) (correspondre, supplement)