succomber
French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French, borrowed from Latin succumbere.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
succomber
- (transitive with à) to succumb
- Il succomba à une surdose. ― He succumbed to an overdose.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of succomber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | succomber | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | succombant /sy.kɔ̃.bɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | succombé /sy.kɔ̃.be/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | succombe /sy.kɔ̃b/ |
succombes /sy.kɔ̃b/ |
succombe /sy.kɔ̃b/ |
succombons /sy.kɔ̃.bɔ̃/ |
succombez /sy.kɔ̃.be/ |
succombent /sy.kɔ̃b/ |
| imperfect | succombais /sy.kɔ̃.bɛ/ |
succombais /sy.kɔ̃.bɛ/ |
succombait /sy.kɔ̃.bɛ/ |
succombions /sy.kɔ̃.bjɔ̃/ |
succombiez /sy.kɔ̃.bje/ |
succombaient /sy.kɔ̃.bɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | succombai /sy.kɔ̃.be/ |
succombas /sy.kɔ̃.ba/ |
succomba /sy.kɔ̃.ba/ |
succombâmes /sy.kɔ̃.bam/ |
succombâtes /sy.kɔ̃.bat/ |
succombèrent /sy.kɔ̃.bɛʁ/ | |
| future | succomberai /sy.kɔ̃.bʁe/ |
succomberas /sy.kɔ̃.bʁa/ |
succombera /sy.kɔ̃.bʁa/ |
succomberons /sy.kɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/ |
succomberez /sy.kɔ̃.bʁe/ |
succomberont /sy.kɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | succomberais /sy.kɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
succomberais /sy.kɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
succomberait /sy.kɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
succomberions /sy.kɔ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
succomberiez /sy.kɔ̃.bə.ʁje/ |
succomberaient /sy.kɔ̃.bʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | succombe /sy.kɔ̃b/ |
succombes /sy.kɔ̃b/ |
succombe /sy.kɔ̃b/ |
succombions /sy.kɔ̃.bjɔ̃/ |
succombiez /sy.kɔ̃.bje/ |
succombent /sy.kɔ̃b/ |
| imperfect2 | succombasse /sy.kɔ̃.bas/ |
succombasses /sy.kɔ̃.bas/ |
succombât /sy.kɔ̃.ba/ |
succombassions /sy.kɔ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/ |
succombassiez /sy.kɔ̃.ba.sje/ |
succombassent /sy.kɔ̃.bas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | succombe /sy.kɔ̃b/ |
— | succombons /sy.kɔ̃.bɔ̃/ |
succombez /sy.kɔ̃.be/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading edit
- “succomber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin succumbere, present active infinitive of succumbō.
Verb edit
succomber
- (intransitive) to succumb
- (transitive) to cause to succumb
- (intransitive) to die
- (intransitive) to bow
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-mb, *-mbs, *-mbt are modified to mp, ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of succomber (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | succomber | avoir succombé | |||||
| gerund | en succombant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | succombant | ||||||
| past participle | succombé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | succomp | succombes | succombe | succombons | succombez | succombent |
| imperfect | succomboie, succombeie, succomboe, succombeve | succomboies, succombeies, succomboes, succombeves | succomboit, succombeit, succombot, succombeve | succombiiens, succombiens | succombiiez, succombiez | succomboient, succombeient, succomboent, succombevent | |
| preterite | succombai | succombas | succomba | succombames | succombastes | succomberent | |
| future | succomberai | succomberas | succombera | succomberons | succomberoiz, succombereiz, succomberez | succomberont | |
| conditional | succomberoie, succombereie | succomberoies, succombereies | succomberoit, succombereit | succomberiiens, succomberiens | succomberiiez, succomberiez | succomberoient, succombereient | |
| 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 | succomp | succons | succont | succombons | succombez | succombent |
| imperfect | succombasse | succombasses | succombast | succombissons, succombissiens | succombissoiz, succombissez, succombissiez | succombassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | succombe | — | succombons | succombez | — | ||