farder

French

Etymology 1

from Middle French, from Old French farder (“to apply make-up, use cosmetics”), from Old Frankish *farwidōn (“to dye, colour”), from Proto-Germanic *farwiþōną (“to colour”), from Proto-Germanic *farwō (“colour”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“motley, coloured”). Cognate with Old High German farwjan (“to colour”), Middle Low German varwe (“colour”), Latin pulcher (“beautiful”), Welsh erch (“dark brown”).

Verb

farder

1. To disguise.
2. To make up or paint (the face).
3. To represent in a false light; to augment with falsehoods or affectations.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of farder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		farder			avoir fardé
gerund		en fardant			en ayant fardé
present participle		fardant
past participle		fardé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	farde	fardes	farde	fardons	fardez	fardent
	imperfect	fardais	fardais	fardait	fardions	fardiez	fardaient
	past historic1	fardai	fardas	farda	fardâmes	fardâtes	fardèrent
	future	farderai	farderas	fardera	farderons	farderez	farderont
	conditional	farderais	farderais	farderait	farderions	farderiez	farderaient
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	farde	fardes	farde	fardions	fardiez	fardent
	imperfect1	fardasse	fardasses	fardât	fardassions	fardassiez	fardassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	farde	—	fardons	fardez	—
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Etymology 2

Verb

farder

1. To weigh heavily; to be burdensome.
2. To settle or sink downwards.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of farder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		farder			avoir fardé
gerund		en fardant			en ayant fardé
present participle		fardant
past participle		fardé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	farde	fardes	farde	fardons	fardez	fardent
	imperfect	fardais	fardais	fardait	fardions	fardiez	fardaient
	past historic1	fardai	fardas	farda	fardâmes	fardâtes	fardèrent
	future	farderai	farderas	fardera	farderons	farderez	farderont
	conditional	farderais	farderais	farderait	farderions	farderiez	farderaient
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	farde	fardes	farde	fardions	fardiez	fardent
	imperfect1	fardasse	fardasses	fardât	fardassions	fardassiez	fardassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	farde	—	fardons	fardez	—
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