abonder

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French abonder, borrowed from Latin abundāre (“abound in”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bɔ̃.de/

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Verb

abonder

1. to be found in large amounts; to abound
2. (transitive) to abound; to teem; to be swarming or overflowing with (object marked with en, rarely de)
3. (transitive, Europe, finance) to contribute financing to

Conjugation

Conjugation of abonder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	abonder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	abondant /a.bɔ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		abondé /a.bɔ̃.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	abonde /a.bɔ̃d/	abondes /a.bɔ̃d/	abonde /a.bɔ̃d/	abondons /a.bɔ̃.dɔ̃/	abondez /a.bɔ̃.de/	abondent /a.bɔ̃d/
	imperfect	abondais /a.bɔ̃.dɛ/	abondais /a.bɔ̃.dɛ/	abondait /a.bɔ̃.dɛ/	abondions /a.bɔ̃.djɔ̃/	abondiez /a.bɔ̃.dje/	abondaient /a.bɔ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	abondai /a.bɔ̃.de/	abondas /a.bɔ̃.da/	abonda /a.bɔ̃.da/	abondâmes /a.bɔ̃.dam/	abondâtes /a.bɔ̃.dat/	abondèrent /a.bɔ̃.dɛʁ/
	future	abonderai /a.bɔ̃.dʁe/	abonderas /a.bɔ̃.dʁa/	abondera /a.bɔ̃.dʁa/	abonderons /a.bɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/	abonderez /a.bɔ̃.dʁe/	abonderont /a.bɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	abonderais /a.bɔ̃.dʁɛ/	abonderais /a.bɔ̃.dʁɛ/	abonderait /a.bɔ̃.dʁɛ/	abonderions /a.bɔ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/	abonderiez /a.bɔ̃.də.ʁje/	abonderaient /a.bɔ̃.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	abonde /a.bɔ̃d/	abondes /a.bɔ̃d/	abonde /a.bɔ̃d/	abondions /a.bɔ̃.djɔ̃/	abondiez /a.bɔ̃.dje/	abondent /a.bɔ̃d/
	imperfect2	abondasse /a.bɔ̃.das/	abondasses /a.bɔ̃.das/	abondât /a.bɔ̃.da/	abondassions /a.bɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃/	abondassiez /a.bɔ̃.da.sje/	abondassent /a.bɔ̃.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	abonde /a.bɔ̃d/	—	abondons /a.bɔ̃.dɔ̃/	abondez /a.bɔ̃.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• abondement
• abonder dans le sens

Further reading

• “abonder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Verb

abonder

1. to abound (be plentiful)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of abonder (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		abonder			avoir abondé
gerund		en abondant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		abondant
past participle		abondé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	abont	abondes	abonde	abondons	abondez	abondent
	imperfect	abondoie, abondeie, abondoe, abondeve	abondoies, abondeies, abondoes, abondeves	abondoit, abondeit, abondot, abondeve	abondiiens, abondiens	abondiiez, abondiez	abondoient, abondeient, abondoent, abondevent
	preterite	abondai	abondas	abonda	abondames	abondastes	abonderent
	future	abonderai	abonderas	abondera	abonderons	abonderoiz, abondereiz, abonderez	abonderont
	conditional	abonderoie, abondereie	abonderoies, abondereies	abonderoit, abondereit	abonderiiens, abonderiens	abonderiiez, abonderiez	abonderoient, abondereient
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	abont	abonz	abont	abondons	abondez	abondent
	imperfect	abondasse	abondasses	abondast	abondissons, abondissiens	abondissoiz, abondissez, abondissiez	abondassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	abonde	—	abondons	abondez	—