abscondre

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abscondere, present active infinitive of abscondō. According to the Trésor de la langue française, first attested in the 12th century, and became unused in the 16th century. Doublet of Old French escondre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apsˈkundɾə/

Verb

abscondre

1. to hide; to dissimulate.

Conjugation

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 abscondre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		abscondre			avoir abscondu
gerund		en abscondant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		abscondant
past participle		abscondu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	abscont	absconz	abscont	abscondons	abscondez	abscondent
	imperfect	abscondoie, abscondeie	abscondoies, abscondeies	abscondoit, abscondeit	abscondiiens, abscondiens	abscondiiez, abscondiez	abscondoient, abscondeient
	preterite	abscondi	abscondis	abscondié	abscondimes	abscondistes	abscondierent
	future	abscondrai	abscondras	abscondra	abscondrons	abscondroiz, abscondreiz, abscondrez	abscondront
	conditional	abscondroie, abscondreie	abscondroies, abscondreies	abscondroit, abscondreit	abscondriiens, abscondriens	abscondriiez, abscondriez	abscondroient, abscondreient
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	absconde	abscondes	absconde	abscondons	abscondez	abscondent
	imperfect	abscondisse	abscondisses	abscondist	abscondissons, abscondissiens	abscondissoiz, abscondissez, abscondissiez	abscondissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	abscont	—	abscondons	abscondez	—

Related terms

• abscons

Descendants

• Middle French: absconder
  • French: absconder (regional)
  • → English: abscond

Further reading

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