ordonner

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French ordonner, from Old French ordiner, borrowed from Latin ordināre. Spelling influenced by donner (“give”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔʁ.dɔ.ne/
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Verb

ordonner

  1. to arrange, to organise, sort out (put in order)
    ordonner sa vie ― to sort out one's life
  2. to prescribe (e.g. medicine)
  3. to prescribe, to order (give an order)
  4. (religion) to ordain

Conjugation
Conjugation of ordonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ordonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ordonnant
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ordonné
/ɔʁ.dɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present ordonne
/ɔʁ.dɔn/		 ordonnes
/ɔʁ.dɔn/		 ordonne
/ɔʁ.dɔn/		 ordonnons
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nɔ̃/		 ordonnez
/ɔʁ.dɔ.ne/		 ordonnent
/ɔʁ.dɔn/
imperfect ordonnais
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nɛ/		 ordonnais
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nɛ/		 ordonnait
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nɛ/		 ordonnions
/ɔʁ.dɔ.njɔ̃/		 ordonniez
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nje/		 ordonnaient
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 ordonnai
/ɔʁ.dɔ.ne/		 ordonnas
/ɔʁ.dɔ.na/		 ordonna
/ɔʁ.dɔ.na/		 ordonnâmes
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nam/		 ordonnâtes
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nat/		 ordonnèrent
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nɛʁ/
future ordonnerai
/ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁe/		 ordonneras
/ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁa/		 ordonnera
/ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁa/		 ordonnerons
/ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/		 ordonnerez
/ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁe/		 ordonneront
/ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional ordonnerais
/ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁɛ/		 ordonnerais
/ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁɛ/		 ordonnerait
/ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁɛ/		 ordonnerions
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 ordonneriez
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nə.ʁje/		 ordonneraient
/ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁɛ/
(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 ordonne
/ɔʁ.dɔn/		 ordonnes
/ɔʁ.dɔn/		 ordonne
/ɔʁ.dɔn/		 ordonnions
/ɔʁ.dɔ.njɔ̃/		 ordonniez
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nje/		 ordonnent
/ɔʁ.dɔn/
imperfect2 ordonnasse
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nas/		 ordonnasses
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nas/		 ordonnât
/ɔʁ.dɔ.na/		 ordonnassions
/ɔʁ.dɔ.na.sjɔ̃/		 ordonnassiez
/ɔʁ.dɔ.na.sje/		 ordonnassent
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ordonne
/ɔʁ.dɔn/		 — ordonnons
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nɔ̃/		 ordonnez
/ɔʁ.dɔ.ne/		 —
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).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Romanian: ordona

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French ordiner, and influenced by donner.

Verb

ordonner

  1. to command; to order; to decree

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of ordonner
infinitive simple ordonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple ordonnant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle ordonné
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present ordonne ordonnes ordonne ordonnons ordonnez ordonnent
imperfect ordonnois, ordonnoys ordonnois, ordonnoys ordonnoit, ordonnoyt ordonnions, ordonnyons ordonniez, ordonnyez ordonnoient, ordonnoyent
past historic ordonna ordonnas ordonna ordonnasmes ordonnastes ordonnerent
future ordonnerai, ordonneray ordonneras ordonnera ordonnerons ordonnerez ordonneront
conditional ordonnerois, ordonneroys ordonnerois, ordonneroys ordonneroit, ordonneroyt ordonnerions, ordonneryons ordonneriez, ordonneryez ordonneroient, ordonneroyent
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present ordonne ordonnes ordonne ordonnons ordonnez ordonnent
imperfect ordonnasse ordonnasses ordonnast ordonnassions ordonnassiez ordonnassent
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ordonne — ordonnons ordonnez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

Norman

Etymology

From Old French ordiner, borrowed from Latin ōrdinō, ōrdināre (“arrange, put in order; rule, govern; ordain, appoint to office”), from ōrdō (“methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series”) and influenced by donner.

Verb

ordonner

  1. (Jersey) to order
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