ordonner

French

Etymology

From Old French ordiner, borrowed from Latin ordinare, present active infinitive of ordino.

Pronunciation

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Verb

ordonner

1. to arrange, to organiser, sort out (put in order)

   ordonner sa vie - to sort out one's life

2. to prescribe (e.g. medicine)
3. to order (give an order)
4. (religion) to ordain

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ordonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		ordonner			avoir ordonné
gerund		en ordonnant			en ayant ordonné
present participle		ordonnant
past participle		ordonné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	ordonne	ordonnes	ordonne	ordonnons	ordonnez	ordonnent
	imperfect	ordonnais	ordonnais	ordonnait	ordonnions	ordonniez	ordonnaient
	past historic1	ordonnai	ordonnas	ordonna	ordonnâmes	ordonnâtes	ordonnèrent
	future	ordonnerai	ordonneras	ordonnera	ordonnerons	ordonnerez	ordonneront
	conditional	ordonnerais	ordonnerais	ordonnerait	ordonnerions	ordonneriez	ordonneraient
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	ordonne	ordonnes	ordonne	ordonnions	ordonniez	ordonnent
	imperfect1	ordonnasse	ordonnasses	ordonnât	ordonnassions	ordonnassiez	ordonnassent
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	–
		—	ordonne	—	ordonnons	ordonnez	—
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Related terms

• ordonnateur
• ordre

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French ordiner, from Latin ōrdinō, ōrdināre (“arrange, put in order; rule, govern; ordain, appoint to office”), from ōrdō (“methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series”).

Verb

ordonner

1. to order

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Middle French

Verb

ordonner

1. to command; to order; to decree

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ordonner

		simple			compound
infinitive		ordonner			avoir ordonné
gerund		en ordonnant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		ordonnant
past participle		ordonné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (may be j' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils, elles
simple tenses	present	ordonne	ordonnes	ordonne	ordonnons	ordonnez	ordonnent
	imperfect	ordonnois, ordonnoys	ordonnois, ordonnoys	ordonnoit, ordonnoyt	ordonnions, ordonnyons	ordonniez, ordonnyez	ordonnoient, ordonnoyent
	past historic	ordonna	ordonnas	ordonna	ordonnasmes	ordonnastes	ordonnerent
	future	ordonnerai, ordonneray	ordonneras	ordonnera	ordonnerons	ordonnerez	ordonneront
	conditional	ordonnerois, ordonneroys	ordonnerois, ordonneroys	ordonneroit, ordonneroyt	ordonnerions, ordonneryons	ordonneriez, ordonneryez	ordonneroient, ordonneroyent
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 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	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ils, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	ordonne	ordonnes	ordonne	ordonnons	ordonnez	ordonnent
	imperfect	ordonnasse	ordonnasses	ordonnast	ordonnassions	ordonnassiez	ordonnassent
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	–	nous	vous	–
		—	ordonne	—	ordonnons	ordonnez	—

Descendants

• French: ordonner