ascendre

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ascendre, borrowed from Latin ascendere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.sɑ̃dʁ/
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Verb

ascendre

  1. (rare, archaic) to ascend
    Synonym: monter
    Antonym: descendre

Conjugation

Conjugation of ascendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ascendre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ascendant
/a.sɑ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ascendu
/a.sɑ̃.dy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present ascends
/a.sɑ̃/ 		ascends
/a.sɑ̃/ 		ascend
/a.sɑ̃/ 		ascendons
/a.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ 		ascendez
/a.sɑ̃.de/ 		ascendent
/a.sɑ̃d/
imperfect ascendais
/a.sɑ̃.dɛ/ 		ascendais
/a.sɑ̃.dɛ/ 		ascendait
/a.sɑ̃.dɛ/ 		ascendions
/a.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		ascendiez
/a.sɑ̃.dje/ 		ascendaient
/a.sɑ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 ascendis
/a.sɑ̃.di/ 		ascendis
/a.sɑ̃.di/ 		ascendit
/a.sɑ̃.di/ 		ascendîmes
/a.sɑ̃.dim/ 		ascendîtes
/a.sɑ̃.dit/ 		ascendirent
/a.sɑ̃.diʁ/
future ascendrai
/a.sɑ̃.dʁe/ 		ascendras
/a.sɑ̃.dʁa/ 		ascendra
/a.sɑ̃.dʁa/ 		ascendrons
/a.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		ascendrez
/a.sɑ̃.dʁe/ 		ascendront
/a.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional ascendrais
/a.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		ascendrais
/a.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		ascendrait
/a.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		ascendrions
/a.sɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		ascendriez
/a.sɑ̃.dʁi.je/ 		ascendraient
/a.sɑ̃.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 ascende
/a.sɑ̃d/ 		ascendes
/a.sɑ̃d/ 		ascende
/a.sɑ̃d/ 		ascendions
/a.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		ascendiez
/a.sɑ̃.dje/ 		ascendent
/a.sɑ̃d/
imperfect2 ascendisse
/a.sɑ̃.dis/ 		ascendisses
/a.sɑ̃.dis/ 		ascendît
/a.sɑ̃.di/ 		ascendissions
/a.sɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ 		ascendissiez
/a.sɑ̃.di.sje/ 		ascendissent
/a.sɑ̃.dis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ascends
/a.sɑ̃/ 		— ascendons
/a.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ 		ascendez
/a.sɑ̃.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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