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condescendre
condescendre
French
Verb
condescendre
- (reflexive) to assent (to); to agree (to); to condescend (to)
Conjugation
Conjugation of condescendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | condescendre | avoir condescendu | |||||
| gerund | en condescendant | en ayant condescendu | |||||
| present participle | condescendant /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | condescendu /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dy/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | condescends /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃/ |
condescends /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃/ |
condescend /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃/ |
condescendons /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
condescendez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.de/ |
condescendent /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect | condescendais /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɛ/ |
condescendais /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɛ/ |
condescendait /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɛ/ |
condescendions /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
condescendiez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dje/ |
condescendaient /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | condescendis /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di/ |
condescendis /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di/ |
condescendit /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di/ |
condescendîmes /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dim/ |
condescendîtes /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dit/ |
condescendirent /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.diʁ/ |
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| future | condescendrai /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁe/ |
condescendras /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁa/ |
condescendra /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁa/ |
condescendrons /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
condescendrez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁe/ |
condescendront /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | condescendrais /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
condescendrais /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
condescendrait /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
condescendrions /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
condescendriez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁi.je/ |
condescendraient /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
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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 | condescende /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ |
condescendes /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ |
condescende /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ |
condescendions /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
condescendiez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dje/ |
condescendent /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect1 |
condescendisse /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dis/ |
condescendisses /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dis/ |
condescendît /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di/ |
condescendissions /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
condescendissiez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di.sje/ |
condescendissent /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | condescends /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃/ |
— | condescendons /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
condescendez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.de/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Middle French
Verb
condescendre
- (reflexive) to assent (to); to agree (to)
- 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:
- L’Empereur Conrad troisiesme, ayant assiegé Guelphe, duc de Bavieres, ne voulut condescendre a plus douces conditions
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Conjugation
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.
Conjugation of condescendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | condescendre | avoir condescendu | |||||
| gerund | en condescendant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | condescendant | ||||||
| past participle | condescendu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | condescent | condescenz | condescent | condescendons | condescendez | condescendent |
| imperfect | condescendoie, condescendeie | condescendoies, condescendeies | condescendoit, condescendeit | condescendiiens, condescendiens | condescendiiez, condescendiez | condescendoient, condescendeient | |
| preterite | condescendi | condescendis | condescendié | condescendimes | condescendistes | condescendierent | |
| future | condescendrai | condescendras | condescendra | condescendrons | condescendroiz, condescendreiz, condescendrez | condescendront | |
| conditional | condescendroie, condescendreie | condescendroies, condescendreies | condescendroit, condescendreit | condescendriiens, condescendriens | condescendriiez, condescendriez | condescendroient, condescendreient | |
| 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 preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | condescende | condescendes | condescende | condescendons | condescendez | condescendent |
| imperfect | condescendisse | condescendisses | condescendist | condescendissons, condescendissiens | condescendissoiz, condescendissez, condescendissiez | condescendissent | |
| 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 | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | condescent | — | condescendons | condescendez | — | ||
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (condescendre, supplement)
Old French
Etymology
Verb
condescendre
Descendants
- Middle English: condescenden (borrowed)
- English: condescend
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (condescendre)