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Webster 1913 Edition
Accorder
Ac-cord′er
,Noun.
One who accords, assents, or concedes.
[R.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Accorder
ACCORD'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
accorder
accorder
French
Etymology
From Middle French accorder, from Old French acorder, taken from Vulgar Latin *accordō, accordāre, from Latin cor; equivalent to accord + -er.
Pronunciation
Verb
accorder
- (transitive) to grant (something to someone)
- to link to, to be related to
- (reflexive, grammar) to make agree
- (music) to tune, to tune up
- (sports) to award (a free kick, a penalty, a foul, etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of accorder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | accorder | avoir accordé | |||||
| gerund | en accordant | en ayant accordé | |||||
| present participle | accordant /a.kɔʁ.dɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | accordé /a.kɔʁ.de/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | accorde /a.kɔʁd/ |
accordes /a.kɔʁd/ |
accorde /a.kɔʁd/ |
accordons /a.kɔʁ.dɔ̃/ |
accordez /a.kɔʁ.de/ |
accordent /a.kɔʁd/ |
| imperfect | accordais /a.kɔʁ.dɛ/ |
accordais /a.kɔʁ.dɛ/ |
accordait /a.kɔʁ.dɛ/ |
accordions /a.kɔʁ.djɔ̃/ |
accordiez /a.kɔʁ.dje/ |
accordaient /a.kɔʁ.dɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | accordai /a.kɔʁ.de/ |
accordas /a.kɔʁ.da/ |
accorda /a.kɔʁ.da/ |
accordâmes /a.kɔʁ.dam/ |
accordâtes /a.kɔʁ.dat/ |
accordèrent /a.kɔʁ.dɛʁ/ |
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| future | accorderai /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁe/ |
accorderas /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁa/ |
accordera /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁa/ |
accorderons /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ |
accorderez /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁe/ |
accorderont /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | accorderais /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
accorderais /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
accorderait /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
accorderions /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
accorderiez /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁje/ |
accorderaient /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | accorde /a.kɔʁd/ |
accordes /a.kɔʁd/ |
accorde /a.kɔʁd/ |
accordions /a.kɔʁ.djɔ̃/ |
accordiez /a.kɔʁ.dje/ |
accordent /a.kɔʁd/ |
| imperfect1 |
accordasse /a.kɔʁ.das/ |
accordasses /a.kɔʁ.das/ |
accordât /a.kɔʁ.da/ |
accordassions /a.kɔʁ.da.sjɔ̃/ |
accordassiez /a.kɔʁ.da.sje/ |
accordassent /a.kɔʁ.das/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | accorde /a.kɔʁd/ |
— | accordons /a.kɔʁ.dɔ̃/ |
accordez /a.kɔʁ.de/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
- s'accorder
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French acorder.
Verb
accorder
- (transitive) to agree
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of accorder
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | accorder | avoir accordé | |||||
| gerund | en accordant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | accordant | ||||||
| past participle | accordé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | accorde | accordes | accorde | accordons | accordez | accordent |
| imperfect | accordois, accordoys | accordois, accordoys | accordoit, accordoyt | accordions, accordyons | accordiez, accordyez | accordoient, accordoyent | |
| past historic | accorda | accordas | accorda | accordasmes | accordastes | accorderent | |
| future | accorderai, accorderay | accorderas | accordera | accorderons | accorderez | accorderont | |
| conditional | accorderois, accorderoys | accorderois, accorderoys | accorderoit, accorderoyt | accorderions, accorderyons | accorderiez, accorderyez | accorderoient, accorderoyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | accorde | accordes | accorde | accordons | accordez | accordent |
| imperfect | accordasse | accordasses | accordast | accordassions | accordassiez | accordassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | accorde | — | accordons | accordez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: accorder