correspondre
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin correspondēre.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [ku.rəsˈpɔn.dɾə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ko.rəsˈpɔn.dɾə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [ko.resˈpɔn.dɾe]
Verb edit
correspondre (first-person singular present corresponc, first-person singular preterite corresponguí, past participle correspost); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/
- to correspond
Conjugation edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “correspondre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “correspondre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “correspondre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “correspondre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin correspondēre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
correspondre
- to correspond
- Le Québec est une province du Canada dont les frontières correspondent au territoire de la nation québécoise.
- Quebec is a province of Canada whose borders correspond to the territory of the Quebecois nation.
- to write to
Conjugation edit
infinitive | simple | correspondre | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | correspondant /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | correspondu /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dy/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | corresponds /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃/ |
corresponds /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃/ |
correspond /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃/ |
correspondons /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
correspondez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.de/ |
correspondent /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/ |
imperfect | correspondais /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɛ/ |
correspondais /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɛ/ |
correspondait /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɛ/ |
correspondions /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
correspondiez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dje/ |
correspondaient /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɛ/ | |
past historic2 | correspondis /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di/ |
correspondis /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di/ |
correspondit /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di/ |
correspondîmes /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dim/ |
correspondîtes /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dit/ |
correspondirent /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.diʁ/ | |
future | correspondrai /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁe/ |
correspondras /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁa/ |
correspondra /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁa/ |
correspondrons /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
correspondrez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁe/ |
correspondront /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | correspondrais /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
correspondrais /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
correspondrait /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
correspondrions /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
correspondriez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁi.je/ |
correspondraient /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.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 | corresponde /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/ |
correspondes /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/ |
corresponde /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/ |
correspondions /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
correspondiez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dje/ |
correspondent /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/ |
imperfect2 | correspondisse /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dis/ |
correspondisses /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dis/ |
correspondît /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di/ |
correspondissions /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
correspondissiez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di.sje/ |
correspondissent /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | corresponds /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃/ |
— | correspondons /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
correspondez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.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). |
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “correspondre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin correspondēre, present active infinitive of correspondeō.
Verb edit
correspondre
- to correspond (of two or more people, to mutually respond to one another)
Old French edit
Etymology edit
First known attestation circa 1330, from Medieval Latin correspondēre, present active infinitive of correspondeō.
Verb edit
correspondre
- to correspond
- to write to
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Further reading edit
- Etymology and history of “correspondre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (correspondre, supplement)