conditionnel
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin conditiōnālis (“conditional”), from conditiō (“condition”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
conditionnel (feminine conditionnelle, masculine plural conditionnels, feminine plural conditionnelles)
- conditional, depending on conditions
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Descendants edit
- → Dutch: conditioneel
- → German: konditionell
- → Romanian: condițional
- → Yiddish: קאָנדיציאָנעל (konditsyonel)
Noun edit
conditionnel m (plural conditionnels)
- (linguistics, grammar) conditional, the conditional mood or the conditional tense
Usage notes edit
French makes a distinction between conditionnel as a mood (as in the Si je le pouvais, je le ferais) and as a tense (as in Je lui avais promis que je le ferais), where it is required by tense harmony after a past main clause (it replaces the futur simple of the equivalent Je lui ai promis que je le ferai).
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “conditionnel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
conditionnel m (plural conditionnels)