tondre
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tondĕre, variant of Latin tondēre. Cognate with French tondre.
Pronunciation
Verb
tondre (first-person singular present tonc, first-person singular preterite tonguí, past participle tos); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɔ/; (Valencia) /o/
Conjugation
Conjugation of tondre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)
| infinitive | tondre | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | tonent | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | tos | tosa | |||||
| plural | tosos | toses | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | tonc | tons | ton | tonem | toneu | tonen | |
| imperfect | tonia | tonies | tonia | toníem | toníeu | tonien | |
| future | tondré | tondràs | tondrà | tondrem | tondreu | tondran | |
| preterite | tonguí | tongueres | tongué | tonguérem | tonguéreu | tongueren | |
| conditional | tondria | tondries | tondria | tondríem | tondríeu | tondrien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | tongui | tonguis | tongui | tonguem | tongueu | tonguin | |
| imperfect | tongués | tonguessis | tongués | tonguéssim | tonguéssiu | tonguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | ton | tongui | tonguem | toneu | tonguin | |
| negative (no) | — | no tonguis | no tongui | no tonguem | no tongueu | no tonguin | |
Derived terms
- tonedor
- tosa
Related terms
- tonsura
- tosquirar
Further reading
- “tondre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French tondre, from Vulgar Latin *tondĕre, variant of Latin tondēre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tend-, from *temh₂- (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ̃dʁ/
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Verb
tondre
- (transitive) to shear (sheep)
- (transitive) to mow, cut (grass; a lawn)
- (transitive) to clip, cut (hair)
- (transitive) to shave (one's head)
- (transitive) to smooth, level (a surface)
- (informal, transitive) to rob, clean someone out
Conjugation
Conjugation of tondre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | tondre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | tondant /tɔ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | tondu /tɔ̃.dy/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | tonds /tɔ̃/ |
tonds /tɔ̃/ |
tond /tɔ̃/ |
tondons /tɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
tondez /tɔ̃.de/ |
tondent /tɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect | tondais /tɔ̃.dɛ/ |
tondais /tɔ̃.dɛ/ |
tondait /tɔ̃.dɛ/ |
tondions /tɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
tondiez /tɔ̃.dje/ |
tondaient /tɔ̃.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | tondis /tɔ̃.di/ |
tondis /tɔ̃.di/ |
tondit /tɔ̃.di/ |
tondîmes /tɔ̃.dim/ |
tondîtes /tɔ̃.dit/ |
tondirent /tɔ̃.diʁ/ | |
| future | tondrai /tɔ̃.dʁe/ |
tondras /tɔ̃.dʁa/ |
tondra /tɔ̃.dʁa/ |
tondrons /tɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
tondrez /tɔ̃.dʁe/ |
tondront /tɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tondrais /tɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
tondrais /tɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
tondrait /tɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
tondrions /tɔ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
tondriez /tɔ̃.dʁi.je/ |
tondraient /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 | tonde /tɔ̃d/ |
tondes /tɔ̃d/ |
tonde /tɔ̃d/ |
tondions /tɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
tondiez /tɔ̃.dje/ |
tondent /tɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect2 | tondisse /tɔ̃.dis/ |
tondisses /tɔ̃.dis/ |
tondît /tɔ̃.di/ |
tondissions /tɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
tondissiez /tɔ̃.di.sje/ |
tondissent /tɔ̃.dis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | tonds /tɔ̃/ |
— | tondons /tɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
tondez /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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “tondre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Comment-conjuguer.fr - online conjugation of "tondre"
Anagrams
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse tundr.
Noun
tondre m (uncountable)
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *tondĕre, variant of Latin tondēre.
Verb
tondre
- to shave (remove hair by cutting)
Descendants
- Occitan: tondre, tónder
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “tondēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 13: To–Tyrus, page 24