pendre
See also: Pendre
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French pendre, from Late Latin pendĕre (conjugation confused with or altered by pendere (“to suspend, hang”)) for Latin pendēre, present active infinitive pendeō, from Proto-Italic *pendēō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to pull; to spin”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
pendre
- (transitive, intransitive) to hang
- 2017, Pomme, Pauline:
- Ô Pauline, pendus à tes bottines, les garçons passaient tous à côté de moi.
- Oh Pauline, the boys were all hung up on your ankle boots, and they took no notice of me.
- (intransitive) to sag, droop
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of pendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | pendre | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | pendant /pɑ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | pendu /pɑ̃.dy/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | pends /pɑ̃/ |
pends /pɑ̃/ |
pend /pɑ̃/ |
pendons /pɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
pendez /pɑ̃.de/ |
pendent /pɑ̃d/ |
imperfect | pendais /pɑ̃.dɛ/ |
pendais /pɑ̃.dɛ/ |
pendait /pɑ̃.dɛ/ |
pendions /pɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
pendiez /pɑ̃.dje/ |
pendaient /pɑ̃.dɛ/ | |
past historic2 | pendis /pɑ̃.di/ |
pendis /pɑ̃.di/ |
pendit /pɑ̃.di/ |
pendîmes /pɑ̃.dim/ |
pendîtes /pɑ̃.dit/ |
pendirent /pɑ̃.diʁ/ | |
future | pendrai /pɑ̃.dʁe/ |
pendras /pɑ̃.dʁa/ |
pendra /pɑ̃.dʁa/ |
pendrons /pɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
pendrez /pɑ̃.dʁe/ |
pendront /pɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | pendrais /pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
pendrais /pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
pendrait /pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
pendrions /pɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
pendriez /pɑ̃.dʁi.je/ |
pendraient /pɑ̃.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 | pende /pɑ̃d/ |
pendes /pɑ̃d/ |
pende /pɑ̃d/ |
pendions /pɑ̃.djɔ̃/ |
pendiez /pɑ̃.dje/ |
pendent /pɑ̃d/ |
imperfect2 | pendisse /pɑ̃.dis/ |
pendisses /pɑ̃.dis/ |
pendît /pɑ̃.di/ |
pendissions /pɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
pendissiez /pɑ̃.di.sje/ |
pendissent /pɑ̃.dis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | pends /pɑ̃/ |
— | pendons /pɑ̃.dɔ̃/ |
pendez /pɑ̃.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 edit
- avoir la langue bien pendue
- être pendu aux lèvres de
- pendaison
- pendre au nez
- pendre haut et court
- pendre la crémaillère
- pis que pendre
- rependre
Further reading edit
- “pendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Languedocien) (file)
Verb edit
pendre
- (Provençal, Limousin, Vivaro-Alpine, Auvergne) to hang
Dialectal variants edit
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin pendĕre (conjugation confused with or altered by pendere (“to suspend, hang”)) for Latin pendēre, present active infinitive pendeō.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
pendre
- (transitive, intransitive) to hang
Conjugation edit
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 pendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | pendre | avoir pendu | |||||
gerund | en pendant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | pendant | ||||||
past participle | pendu | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | pent | penz | pent | pendons | pendez | pendent |
imperfect | pendoie, pendeie | pendoies, pendeies | pendoit, pendeit | pendiiens, pendiens | pendiiez, pendiez | pendoient, pendeient | |
preterite | pendi | pendis | pendié | pendimes | pendistes | pendierent | |
future | pendrai | pendras | pendra | pendrons | pendroiz, pendreiz, pendrez | pendront | |
conditional | pendroie, pendreie | pendroies, pendreies | pendroit, pendreit | pendriiens, pendriens | pendriiez, pendriez | pendroient, pendreient | |
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 | pende | pendes | pende | pendons | pendez | pendent |
imperfect | pendisse | pendisses | pendist | pendissons, pendissiens | pendissoiz, pendissez, pendissiez | pendissent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | pent | — | pendons | pendez | — |