condescendre
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French condescendre, from Old French condescendre, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin condescendere, from Latin con- + descendō.
Pronunciation
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Verb
condescendre
Conjugation
Conjugation of condescendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | condescendre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | condescendant /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | condescendu /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dy/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dy/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | condescends /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃/ |
condescends /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃/ |
condescend /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃/ |
condescendons /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
condescendez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.de/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.de/ |
condescendent /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect | condescendais /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/ |
condescendais /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/ |
condescendait /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/ |
condescendions /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
condescendiez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dje/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dje/ |
condescendaient /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | condescendis /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di/ |
condescendis /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di/ |
condescendit /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di/ |
condescendîmes /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dim/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dim/ |
condescendîtes /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dit/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dit/ |
condescendirent /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.diʁ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.diʁ/ | |
| future | condescendrai /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁe/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁe/ |
condescendras /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁa/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁa/ |
condescendra /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁa/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁa/ |
condescendrons /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
condescendrez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁe/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁe/ |
condescendront /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | condescendrais /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
condescendrais /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
condescendrait /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
condescendrions /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
condescendriez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁi.je/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁi.je/ |
condescendraient /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.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 | condescende /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃d/ |
condescendes /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃d/ |
condescende /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃d/ |
condescendions /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
condescendiez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dje/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dje/ |
condescendent /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect2 | condescendisse /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dis/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dis/ |
condescendisses /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dis/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dis/ |
condescendît /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di/ |
condescendissions /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
condescendissiez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di.sje/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di.sje/ |
condescendissent /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dis/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | condescends /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃/ |
— | condescendons /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
condescendez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.de/ or /kɔ̃.de.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “condescendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French condescendre.
Verb
condescendre
- (reflexive) to assent (to); to agree (to)
- 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:
- L’Empereur Conrad troisiesme, ayant assiegé Guelphe, duc de Bavieres, ne voulut condescendre a plus douces conditions
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | condescendre | avoir condescendu | |||||
| gerund | en condescendant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | condescendant | ||||||
| past participle | condescendu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | condescent | condescenz | condescent | condescendons | condescendez | condescendent |
| imperfect | condescendoie, condescendeie | condescendoies, condescendeies | condescendoit, condescendeit | condescendiiens, condescendiens | condescendiiez, condescendiez | condescendoient, condescendeient | |
| preterite | condescendi | condescendis | condescendié | condescendimes | condescendistes | condescendierent | |
| future | condescendrai | condescendras | condescendra | condescendrons | condescendroiz, condescendreiz, condescendrez | condescendront | |
| conditional | condescendroie, condescendreie | condescendroies, condescendreies | condescendroit, condescendreit | condescendriiens, condescendriens | condescendriiez, condescendriez | condescendroient, condescendreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | condescende | condescendes | condescende | condescendons | condescendez | condescendent |
| imperfect | condescendisse | condescendisses | condescendist | condescendissons, condescendissiens | condescendissoiz, condescendissez, condescendissiez | condescendissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | condescent | — | condescendons | condescendez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: condescendre
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (condescendre, supplement)
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin condescendō, condescendere, from Latin con- + descendō.
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | condescendre | avoir condescendu | |||||
| gerund | en condescendant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | condescendant | ||||||
| past participle | condescendu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | condescent | condescenz | condescent | condescendons | condescendez | condescendent |
| imperfect | condescendoie, condescendeie | condescendoies, condescendeies | condescendoit, condescendeit | condescendiiens, condescendiens | condescendiiez, condescendiez | condescendoient, condescendeient | |
| preterite | condescendi | condescendis | condescendié | condescendimes | condescendistes | condescendierent | |
| future | condescendrai | condescendras | condescendra | condescendrons | condescendroiz, condescendreiz, condescendrez | condescendront | |
| conditional | condescendroie, condescendreie | condescendroies, condescendreies | condescendroit, condescendreit | condescendriiens, condescendriens | condescendriiez, condescendriez | condescendroient, condescendreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | condescende | condescendes | condescende | condescendons | condescendez | condescendent |
| imperfect | condescendisse | condescendisses | condescendist | condescendissons, condescendissiens | condescendissoiz, condescendissez, condescendissiez | condescendissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | condescent | — | condescendons | condescendez | — | ||
Descendants
- → Middle English: condescenden
- English: condescend
- Middle French: condescendre
- French: condescendre
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (condescendre)
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