fonder
See also: Fonder
English
Adjective
fonder
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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French fonder and its variants, from Latin fundāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
fonder
- to found
- Son vœu le plus cher est de fonder un foyer. ― Their dearest wish is to start a family.
Conjugation
Conjugation of fonder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | fonder | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | fondant /fɔ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | fondé /fɔ̃.de/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | fonde /fɔ̃d/ |
fondes /fɔ̃d/ |
fonde /fɔ̃d/ |
fondons /fɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
fondez /fɔ̃.de/ |
fondent /fɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect | fondais /fɔ̃.dɛ/ |
fondais /fɔ̃.dɛ/ |
fondait /fɔ̃.dɛ/ |
fondions /fɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
fondiez /fɔ̃.dje/ |
fondaient /fɔ̃.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | fondai /fɔ̃.de/ |
fondas /fɔ̃.da/ |
fonda /fɔ̃.da/ |
fondâmes /fɔ̃.dam/ |
fondâtes /fɔ̃.dat/ |
fondèrent /fɔ̃.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | fonderai /fɔ̃.dʁe/ |
fonderas /fɔ̃.dʁa/ |
fondera /fɔ̃.dʁa/ |
fonderons /fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
fonderez /fɔ̃.dʁe/ |
fonderont /fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | fonderais /fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
fonderais /fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
fonderait /fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
fonderions /fɔ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fonderiez /fɔ̃.də.ʁje/ |
fonderaient /fɔ̃.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 | fonde /fɔ̃d/ |
fondes /fɔ̃d/ |
fonde /fɔ̃d/ |
fondions /fɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
fondiez /fɔ̃.dje/ |
fondent /fɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect2 | fondasse /fɔ̃.das/ |
fondasses /fɔ̃.das/ |
fondât /fɔ̃.da/ |
fondassions /fɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃/ |
fondassiez /fɔ̃.da.sje/ |
fondassent /fɔ̃.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | fonde /fɔ̃d/ |
— | fondons /fɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
fondez /fɔ̃.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “fonder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
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Noun
fonder
- indefinite plural of fond