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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