condescendre
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French condescendre, from Old French condescendre, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin condescendere, from Latin con- + descendō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃dʁ/ ~ /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃dʁ/
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Verb
condescendre
- (followed by the preposition à) to assent (to); to agree (to); to condescend (to)
Conjugation
Conjugation of condescendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | condescendre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | condescendant /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | condescendu /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dy/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dy/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | condescends /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃/ |
condescends /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃/ |
condescend /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃/ |
condescendons /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
condescendez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.de/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.de/ |
condescendent /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect | condescendais /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/ |
condescendais /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/ |
condescendait /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/ |
condescendions /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
condescendiez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dje/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dje/ |
condescendaient /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | condescendis /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di/ |
condescendis /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di/ |
condescendit /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di/ |
condescendîmes /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dim/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dim/ |
condescendîtes /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dit/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dit/ |
condescendirent /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.diʁ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.diʁ/ | |
| future | condescendrai /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁe/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁe/ |
condescendras /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁa/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁa/ |
condescendra /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁa/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁa/ |
condescendrons /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
condescendrez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁe/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁe/ |
condescendront /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | condescendrais /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
condescendrais /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
condescendrait /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
condescendrions /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
condescendriez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁi.je/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁi.je/ |
condescendraient /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.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/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃d/ |
condescendes /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃d/ |
condescende /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃d/ |
condescendions /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
condescendiez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dje/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dje/ |
condescendent /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃d/ |
| imperfect2 | condescendisse /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dis/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dis/ |
condescendisses /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dis/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dis/ |
condescendît /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di/ |
condescendissions /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
condescendissiez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di.sje/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di.sje/ |
condescendissent /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dis/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | condescends /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃/ |
— | condescendons /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
condescendez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.de/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.de/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “condescendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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 quotation)
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 | gerund of avoir + 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 | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + 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 | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | condescent | — | condescendons | condescendez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: condescendre
References
- Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “condescendre”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin condescendō, condescendere, from Latin con- + descendō.
Verb
condescendre
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 | gerund of avoir + 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 | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + 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 | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | condescent | — | condescendons | condescendez | — | ||
Descendants
- → Middle English: condescenden
- English: condescend
- Middle French: condescendre
- French: condescendre
References
- Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “condescendre”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.