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Webster 1913 Edition
Ponderer
Pon′der-er
,Noun.
One who ponders.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ponderer
PON'DERER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
pondérer
pondérer
See also: ponderer
French
Verb
pondérer
- to weight (applying a weighting to)
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written ‘é’) and /ɛ/ (written ‘è’), with the latter being used before mute ‘e’. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written pondérer-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written pondèrer-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.
Conjugation of pondérer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | pondérer | avoir pondéré | |||||
| gerund | en pondérant | en ayant pondéré | |||||
| present participle | pondérant /pɔ̃.de.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | pondéré /pɔ̃.de.ʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | pondère /pɔ̃.dɛʁ/ |
pondères /pɔ̃.dɛʁ/ |
pondère /pɔ̃.dɛʁ/ |
pondérons /pɔ̃.de.ʁɔ̃/ |
pondérez /pɔ̃.de.ʁe/ |
pondèrent /pɔ̃.dɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | pondérais /pɔ̃.de.ʁɛ/ |
pondérais /pɔ̃.de.ʁɛ/ |
pondérait /pɔ̃.de.ʁɛ/ |
pondérions /pɔ̃.de.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pondériez /pɔ̃.de.ʁje/ |
pondéraient /pɔ̃.de.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | pondérai /pɔ̃.de.ʁe/ |
pondéras /pɔ̃.de.ʁa/ |
pondéra /pɔ̃.de.ʁa/ |
pondérâmes /pɔ̃.de.ʁam/ |
pondérâtes /pɔ̃.de.ʁat/ |
pondérèrent /pɔ̃.de.ʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | pondèrerai or pondérerai /pɔ̃.dɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
pondèreras or pondéreras /pɔ̃.dɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
pondèrera or pondérera /pɔ̃.dɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
pondèrerons or pondérerons /pɔ̃.dɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
pondèrerez or pondérerez /pɔ̃.dɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
pondèreront or pondéreront /pɔ̃.dɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | pondèrerais or pondérerais /pɔ̃.dɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
pondèrerais or pondérerais /pɔ̃.dɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
pondèrerait or pondérerait /pɔ̃.dɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
pondèrerions or pondérerions /pɔ̃.dɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pondèreriez or pondéreriez /pɔ̃.dɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ |
pondèreraient or pondéreraient /pɔ̃.dɛ.ʁə.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 | pondère /pɔ̃.dɛʁ/ |
pondères /pɔ̃.dɛʁ/ |
pondère /pɔ̃.dɛʁ/ |
pondérions /pɔ̃.de.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pondériez /pɔ̃.de.ʁje/ |
pondèrent /pɔ̃.dɛʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
pondérasse /pɔ̃.de.ʁas/ |
pondérasses /pɔ̃.de.ʁas/ |
pondérât /pɔ̃.de.ʁa/ |
pondérassions /pɔ̃.de.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
pondérassiez /pɔ̃.de.ʁa.sje/ |
pondérassent /pɔ̃.de.ʁas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | pondère /pɔ̃.dɛʁ/ |
— | pondérons /pɔ̃.de.ʁɔ̃/ |
pondérez /pɔ̃.de.ʁe/ |
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