contondre

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contundere.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tɔ̃dʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔ̃dʁ

Verb

contondre

  1. (Vieilli) to hit; to give blows
  2. (medicine) to produce contusions; bruise
  3. (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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • 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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