féconder

French

Etymology

From fécond +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

féconder

  1. (transitive) to fecundate
  2. (transitive) to fertilize
  3. (transitive) to impregnate

Conjugation

Conjugation of féconder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple féconder
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple fécondant
/fe.kɔ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle fécondé
/fe.kɔ̃.de/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present féconde
/fe.kɔ̃d/ 		fécondes
/fe.kɔ̃d/ 		féconde
/fe.kɔ̃d/ 		fécondons
/fe.kɔ̃.dɔ̃/ 		fécondez
/fe.kɔ̃.de/ 		fécondent
/fe.kɔ̃d/
imperfect fécondais
/fe.kɔ̃.dɛ/ 		fécondais
/fe.kɔ̃.dɛ/ 		fécondait
/fe.kɔ̃.dɛ/ 		fécondions
/fe.kɔ̃.djɔ̃/ 		fécondiez
/fe.kɔ̃.dje/ 		fécondaient
/fe.kɔ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 fécondai
/fe.kɔ̃.de/ 		fécondas
/fe.kɔ̃.da/ 		féconda
/fe.kɔ̃.da/ 		fécondâmes
/fe.kɔ̃.dam/ 		fécondâtes
/fe.kɔ̃.dat/ 		fécondèrent
/fe.kɔ̃.dɛʁ/
future féconderai
/fe.kɔ̃.dʁe/ 		féconderas
/fe.kɔ̃.dʁa/ 		fécondera
/fe.kɔ̃.dʁa/ 		féconderons
/fe.kɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		féconderez
/fe.kɔ̃.dʁe/ 		féconderont
/fe.kɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional féconderais
/fe.kɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		féconderais
/fe.kɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		féconderait
/fe.kɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		féconderions
/fe.kɔ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/ 		féconderiez
/fe.kɔ̃.də.ʁje/ 		féconderaient
/fe.kɔ̃.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 féconde
/fe.kɔ̃d/ 		fécondes
/fe.kɔ̃d/ 		féconde
/fe.kɔ̃d/ 		fécondions
/fe.kɔ̃.djɔ̃/ 		fécondiez
/fe.kɔ̃.dje/ 		fécondent
/fe.kɔ̃d/
imperfect2 fécondasse
/fe.kɔ̃.das/ 		fécondasses
/fe.kɔ̃.das/ 		fécondât
/fe.kɔ̃.da/ 		fécondassions
/fe.kɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃/ 		fécondassiez
/fe.kɔ̃.da.sje/ 		fécondassent
/fe.kɔ̃.das/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — féconde
/fe.kɔ̃d/ 		— fécondons
/fe.kɔ̃.dɔ̃/ 		fécondez
/fe.kɔ̃.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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