fendre

Inherited from Latin findere, from Proto-Italic *findō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈfɛn.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈfən.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈfen.dɾe]

fendre (first-person singular present fenc, first-person singular preterite fenguí, past participle fes); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to split, to cleave
2. (transitive) to score (cut a groove in order to create a fold)

• esberlar

• fenedura
• fenent

• fenella
• fes

• “fendre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Old French fendre, from Latin findere, from Proto-Italic *findō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

• IPA^(key): /fɑ̃dʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃dr

fendre

1. to split, to chop (wood), to crack
2. to shoulder (one's way through a crowd)
3. (figurative) to break (someone's heart)
4. (reflexive, se fendre, of heart) to break
5. (reflexive, se fendre) to crack, to split
   • 2013, Zaz, Déterre:

     Comme tu veux, vas-y ! Vas-y comme tu veux ! Sens-tu le sol se fendre en deux ?

     However you want — that's it! However you want to — you do you. Do you feel the ground splitting into two?

     (literally, “Like you want, go on; go on like you want. Do you feel the ground split[ting] in two?”)

6. (reflexive, se fendre, ~ de) to manage, to come up with
7. (reflexive, se fendre, fencing) to lunge

• fente
• fesse
• fissure

• “fendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• fendere, fendrer

fendre m

1. indefinite plural of fender

From Latin findere.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfendɾe/

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fendre

1. (Languedoc, Limousin, Vivaro-alpine) to divide, split

• hénder
• héner

From Latin findere, present active infinitive of findō.

fendre

1. to split

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.

• French: fendre