contondre
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contundere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tɔ̃dʁ/
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Verb
contondre
- (archaic) to hit; to give blows
- (medicine) to produce contusions; bruise
- (pharmacy) to grind with a mortar
Conjugation
Conjugation of contondre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | contondre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | contondant /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | contondu /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dy/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | contonds /kɔ̃.tɔ̃/ |
contonds /kɔ̃.tɔ̃/ |
contond /kɔ̃.tɔ̃/ |
contondons /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
contondez /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.de/ |
contondent /kɔ̃.tɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect | contondais /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dɛ/ |
contondais /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dɛ/ |
contondait /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dɛ/ |
contondions /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
contondiez /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dje/ |
contondaient /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | contondis /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.di/ |
contondis /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.di/ |
contondit /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.di/ |
contondîmes /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dim/ |
contondîtes /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dit/ |
contondirent /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.diʁ/ | |
| future | contondrai /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dʁe/ |
contondras /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dʁa/ |
contondra /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dʁa/ |
contondrons /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
contondrez /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dʁe/ |
contondront /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | contondrais /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
contondrais /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
contondrait /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
contondrions /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
contondriez /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dʁi.je/ |
contondraient /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.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 | contonde /kɔ̃.tɔ̃d/ |
contondes /kɔ̃.tɔ̃d/ |
contonde /kɔ̃.tɔ̃d/ |
contondions /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
contondiez /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dje/ |
contondent /kɔ̃.tɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect2 | contondisse /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dis/ |
contondisses /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dis/ |
contondît /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.di/ |
contondissions /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
contondissiez /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.di.sje/ |
contondissent /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | contonds /kɔ̃.tɔ̃/ |
— | contondons /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
contondez /kɔ̃.tɔ̃.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “contondre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.