sondit

French

Etymology

From son +‎ dit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔ̃.di/

Determiner

sondit m (feminine sadite, masculine plural sesdits, feminine plural sesdites)

  1. (archaic) his said, her said, its said
    • 1970, Procès de condamnation de Jeanne d'Arc‎[1], volume 2, page 121:
      Et, depuis la porte, l'ange marchait et allait sur la terre en venant à sondit roi.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Possessive determiner contractions with ledit
possessee
singular plural
m f m f
possessor singular 1st mondit madite mesdits mesdites
2nd tondit tadite tesdits tesdites
3rd sondit sadite sesdits sesdites
plural 1st notredit notredite nosdits nosdites
2nd votredit1 votredite1 vosdits1 vosdites1
3rd leurdit leurdite leursdits leursdites

These determiners are archaic. They chiefly occur in legal writing with possessive titles:

mondit Seigneur = Monseigneur qui a été dit

1 Also used as a polite singular form.

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