fronder

French

Etymology

From fronde.

Pronunciation

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Verb

fronder

  1. (dated) to slingshot
  2. (figurative) to critique

Conjugation

Conjugation of fronder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple fronder
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple frondant
/fʁɔ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle frondé
/fʁɔ̃.de/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present fronde
/fʁɔ̃d/ 		frondes
/fʁɔ̃d/ 		fronde
/fʁɔ̃d/ 		frondons
/fʁɔ̃.dɔ̃/ 		frondez
/fʁɔ̃.de/ 		frondent
/fʁɔ̃d/
imperfect frondais
/fʁɔ̃.dɛ/ 		frondais
/fʁɔ̃.dɛ/ 		frondait
/fʁɔ̃.dɛ/ 		frondions
/fʁɔ̃.djɔ̃/ 		frondiez
/fʁɔ̃.dje/ 		frondaient
/fʁɔ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 frondai
/fʁɔ̃.de/ 		frondas
/fʁɔ̃.da/ 		fronda
/fʁɔ̃.da/ 		frondâmes
/fʁɔ̃.dam/ 		frondâtes
/fʁɔ̃.dat/ 		frondèrent
/fʁɔ̃.dɛʁ/
future fronderai
/fʁɔ̃.dʁe/ 		fronderas
/fʁɔ̃.dʁa/ 		frondera
/fʁɔ̃.dʁa/ 		fronderons
/fʁɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		fronderez
/fʁɔ̃.dʁe/ 		fronderont
/fʁɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional fronderais
/fʁɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		fronderais
/fʁɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		fronderait
/fʁɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		fronderions
/fʁɔ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/ 		fronderiez
/fʁɔ̃.də.ʁje/ 		fronderaient
/fʁɔ̃.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 fronde
/fʁɔ̃d/ 		frondes
/fʁɔ̃d/ 		fronde
/fʁɔ̃d/ 		frondions
/fʁɔ̃.djɔ̃/ 		frondiez
/fʁɔ̃.dje/ 		frondent
/fʁɔ̃d/
imperfect2 frondasse
/fʁɔ̃.das/ 		frondasses
/fʁɔ̃.das/ 		frondât
/fʁɔ̃.da/ 		frondassions
/fʁɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃/ 		frondassiez
/fʁɔ̃.da.sje/ 		frondassent
/fʁɔ̃.das/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fronde
/fʁɔ̃d/ 		— frondons
/fʁɔ̃.dɔ̃/ 		frondez
/fʁɔ̃.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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