condescendre
French
Etymology
From Middle French condescendre, from Old French condescendre, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin condescendō, condescendere, from Latin con- + descendō.
Conjugation
Conjugation of condescendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | condescendant /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | condescendu /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dy/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | condescendre | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | condescendant /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (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/ | |
| past historic2 | 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/ | |
| 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/ | |
| 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/ | |
| (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 | 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/ |
| imperfect2 | 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/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | condescends /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃/ |
— | condescendons /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
condescendez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.de/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
References
- “condescendre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French condescendre.
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
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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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 | — | ||
Descendants
- French: condescendre
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (condescendre, supplement)
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin condescendō, condescendere, from Latin con- + descendō.
Descendants
- Middle English: condescenden (borrowed)
- English: condescend
- Middle French: condescendre
- French: condescendre
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (condescendre)
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