estendre

See also: estendré

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin extendere. Compare Occitan estendre, French étendre, and Spanish extender.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈten.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈten.dɾe]

Verb

estendre (first-person singular present estenc, first-person singular preterite estenguí, past participle estès); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. to spread, to stretch out
2. to extend, to enlarge
3. (of clothes) to hang up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of estendre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			estendre
gerund			estenent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		estès		estesa
		plural		estesos		esteses
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	estenc	estens	estén	estenem	esteneu	estenen
	imperfect	estenia	estenies	estenia	esteníem	esteníeu	estenien
	future	estendré	estendràs	estendrà	estendrem	estendreu	estendran
	preterite	estenguí	estengueres	estengué	estenguérem	estenguéreu	estengueren
	conditional	estendria	estendries	estendria	estendríem	estendríeu	estendrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	estengui	estenguis	estengui	estenguem	estengueu	estenguin
	imperfect	estengués	estenguessis	estengués	estenguéssim	estenguéssiu	estenguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	estén	estengui	estenguem	esteneu	estenguin
	negative (no)	—	no estenguis	no estengui	no estenguem	no estengueu	no estenguin

Derived terms

• estenedor

Further reading

• “estendre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “estendre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “estendre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Middle French

Alternative forms

• extendre

Etymology

From Old French estendre, from Latin extendō, extendere.

Verb

estendre

1. to extend (make longer)

Descendants

• French: étendre

Old French

Etymology

From Latin extendere, present active infinitive of extendō.

Verb

estendre

1. to stretch, extend or spread
   • c. 1220, Rutebuef, Ci coumence la repentance Rutebeuf:

     Si fait le cors a terre estendre.
     Que puis je fors la mort atendre?

     If he spreads his body on the ground
     What else can I expecte apart from death?

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 estendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		estendre			avoir estendu
gerund		en estendant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		estendant
past participle		estendu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	estent	estenz	estent	estendons	estendez	estendent
	imperfect	estendoie, estendeie	estendoies, estendeies	estendoit, estendeit	estendiiens, estendiens	estendiiez, estendiez	estendoient, estendeient
	preterite	estendi	estendis	estendié	estendimes	estendistes	estendierent
	future	estendrai	estendras	estendra	estendrons	estendroiz, estendreiz, estendrez	estendront
	conditional	estendroie, estendreie	estendroies, estendreies	estendroit, estendreit	estendriiens, estendriens	estendriiez, estendriez	estendroient, estendreient
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	estende	estendes	estende	estendons	estendez	estendent
	imperfect	estendisse	estendisses	estendist	estendissons, estendissiens	estendissoiz, estendissez, estendissiez	estendissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	estent	—	estendons	estendez	—

Related terms

• estension
• estente

Descendants

• Middle French: estendre
  • French: étendre