accorder

English

Etymology

From accord +‎ -er.

Noun

accorder (plural accorders)

1. (rare) One who accords.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French accorder, from Old French acorder, from Vulgar Latin *accordāre, derived from Latin cor (“heart”). By surface analysis, accord +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kɔʁ.de/

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Verb

accorder

1. (transitive) to grant (something to someone)
2. to link to, to be related to
3. (reflexive, grammar) to make agree
4. (music) to tune, to tune up
5. (sports) to award (a free kick, a penalty, a foul, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of accorder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	accorder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	accordant /a.kɔʁ.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		accordé /a.kɔʁ.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	accorde /a.kɔʁd/	accordes /a.kɔʁd/	accorde /a.kɔʁd/	accordons /a.kɔʁ.dɔ̃/	accordez /a.kɔʁ.de/	accordent /a.kɔʁd/
	imperfect	accordais /a.kɔʁ.dɛ/	accordais /a.kɔʁ.dɛ/	accordait /a.kɔʁ.dɛ/	accordions /a.kɔʁ.djɔ̃/	accordiez /a.kɔʁ.dje/	accordaient /a.kɔʁ.dɛ/
	past historic2	accordai /a.kɔʁ.de/	accordas /a.kɔʁ.da/	accorda /a.kɔʁ.da/	accordâmes /a.kɔʁ.dam/	accordâtes /a.kɔʁ.dat/	accordèrent /a.kɔʁ.dɛʁ/
	future	accorderai /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁe/	accorderas /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁa/	accordera /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁa/	accorderons /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/	accorderez /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁe/	accorderont /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	accorderais /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/	accorderais /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/	accorderait /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/	accorderions /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/	accorderiez /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁje/	accorderaient /a.kɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/
(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	accorde /a.kɔʁd/	accordes /a.kɔʁd/	accorde /a.kɔʁd/	accordions /a.kɔʁ.djɔ̃/	accordiez /a.kɔʁ.dje/	accordent /a.kɔʁd/
	imperfect2	accordasse /a.kɔʁ.das/	accordasses /a.kɔʁ.das/	accordât /a.kɔʁ.da/	accordassions /a.kɔʁ.da.sjɔ̃/	accordassiez /a.kɔʁ.da.sje/	accordassent /a.kɔʁ.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	accorde /a.kɔʁd/	—	accordons /a.kɔʁ.dɔ̃/	accordez /a.kɔʁ.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

• accorder ses violons

Related terms

• s’accorder

Descendants

• → Romanian: acorda

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• raccorde, raccordé

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French acorder.

Verb

accorder

1. (transitive) to agree

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of accorder

infinitive	simple	accorder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	accordant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		accordé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	accorde	accordes	accorde	accordons	accordez	accordent
	imperfect	accordois, accordoys	accordois, accordoys	accordoit, accordoyt	accordions, accordyons	accordiez, accordyez	accordoient, accordoyent
	past historic	accorda	accordas	accorda	accordasmes	accordastes	accorderent
	future	accorderai, accorderay	accorderas	accordera	accorderons	accorderez	accorderont
	conditional	accorderois, accorderoys	accorderois, accorderoys	accorderoit, accorderoyt	accorderions, accorderyons	accorderiez, accorderyez	accorderoient, accorderoyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	accorde	accordes	accorde	accordons	accordez	accordent
	imperfect	accordasse	accordasses	accordast	accordassions	accordassiez	accordassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	accorde	—	accordons	accordez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: accorder