gronder

French

Etymology

From Latin grundīre (“to grunt”), a form of grunnīre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɔ̃.de/
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Verb

gronder

  1. (intransitive) to rumble, roar; to growl
  2. (transitive) to tell off, scold

Conjugation
Conjugation of gronder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple gronder
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple grondant
/ɡʁɔ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle grondé
/ɡʁɔ̃.de/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present gronde
/ɡʁɔ̃d/		 grondes
/ɡʁɔ̃d/		 gronde
/ɡʁɔ̃d/		 grondons
/ɡʁɔ̃.dɔ̃/		 grondez
/ɡʁɔ̃.de/		 grondent
/ɡʁɔ̃d/
imperfect grondais
/ɡʁɔ̃.dɛ/		 grondais
/ɡʁɔ̃.dɛ/		 grondait
/ɡʁɔ̃.dɛ/		 grondions
/ɡʁɔ̃.djɔ̃/		 grondiez
/ɡʁɔ̃.dje/		 grondaient
/ɡʁɔ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 grondai
/ɡʁɔ̃.de/		 grondas
/ɡʁɔ̃.da/		 gronda
/ɡʁɔ̃.da/		 grondâmes
/ɡʁɔ̃.dam/		 grondâtes
/ɡʁɔ̃.dat/		 grondèrent
/ɡʁɔ̃.dɛʁ/
future gronderai
/ɡʁɔ̃.dʁe/		 gronderas
/ɡʁɔ̃.dʁa/		 grondera
/ɡʁɔ̃.dʁa/		 gronderons
/ɡʁɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/		 gronderez
/ɡʁɔ̃.dʁe/		 gronderont
/ɡʁɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional gronderais
/ɡʁɔ̃.dʁɛ/		 gronderais
/ɡʁɔ̃.dʁɛ/		 gronderait
/ɡʁɔ̃.dʁɛ/		 gronderions
/ɡʁɔ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/		 gronderiez
/ɡʁɔ̃.də.ʁje/		 gronderaient
/ɡʁɔ̃.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 gronde
/ɡʁɔ̃d/		 grondes
/ɡʁɔ̃d/		 gronde
/ɡʁɔ̃d/		 grondions
/ɡʁɔ̃.djɔ̃/		 grondiez
/ɡʁɔ̃.dje/		 grondent
/ɡʁɔ̃d/
imperfect2 grondasse
/ɡʁɔ̃.das/		 grondasses
/ɡʁɔ̃.das/		 grondât
/ɡʁɔ̃.da/		 grondassions
/ɡʁɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃/		 grondassiez
/ɡʁɔ̃.da.sje/		 grondassent
/ɡʁɔ̃.das/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — gronde
/ɡʁɔ̃d/		 — grondons
/ɡʁɔ̃.dɔ̃/		 grondez
/ɡʁɔ̃.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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