pondre

See also: pondré

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pōnere, from Proto-Italic *pozinō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɔn.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈpɔn.dɾe]

Verb

pondre (first-person singular present ponc, first-person singular preterite ponguí, past participle post); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to lay (an egg)
2. (reflexive) to set (sun)

Conjugation

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

infinitive			pondre
gerund			ponent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		post		posta
		plural		posts, postos		postes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	ponc	pons	pon	ponem	poneu	ponen
	imperfect	ponia	ponies	ponia	poníem	poníeu	ponien
	future	pondré	pondràs	pondrà	pondrem	pondreu	pondran
	preterite	ponguí	pongueres	pongué	ponguérem	ponguéreu	pongueren
	conditional	pondria	pondries	pondria	pondríem	pondríeu	pondrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pongui	ponguis	pongui	ponguem	pongueu	ponguin
	imperfect	pongués	ponguessis	pongués	ponguéssim	ponguéssiu	ponguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	pon	pongui	ponguem	poneu	ponguin
	negative (no)	—	no ponguis	no pongui	no ponguem	no pongueu	no ponguin

Derived terms

• Franja de Ponent
• pondre's

Related terms

• ponent

References

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

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French pondre, inherited from Latin pōnere, from Proto-Italic *pozinō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ̃dʁ/

• Audio (France)

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Verb

pondre

1. to lay (eggs)
   • 1997, Le Courrier de la nature, numbers 161-174, page 149:

     A noter que la caouanne, Caretta caretta, semble effectivement ne plus pondre en Corse, l’espèce n’a pas complètement disparu des côtes de France où, chaque année, quelques individus sont capturés involuntairement par des engins de pêche.

     It should be noted that the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, no longer seems to lay eggs in Corsica, but the species has not completely disappeared from French coastlines where, each year, several individuals are caught unintentionally in fishing apparatus.

2. (slang, France) to give birth

Conjugation

Conjugation of pondre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	pondre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	pondant /pɔ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		pondu /pɔ̃.dy/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ponds /pɔ̃/	ponds /pɔ̃/	pond /pɔ̃/	pondons /pɔ̃.dɔ̃/	pondez /pɔ̃.de/	pondent /pɔ̃d/
	imperfect	pondais /pɔ̃.dɛ/	pondais /pɔ̃.dɛ/	pondait /pɔ̃.dɛ/	pondions /pɔ̃.djɔ̃/	pondiez /pɔ̃.dje/	pondaient /pɔ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	pondis /pɔ̃.di/	pondis /pɔ̃.di/	pondit /pɔ̃.di/	pondîmes /pɔ̃.dim/	pondîtes /pɔ̃.dit/	pondirent /pɔ̃.diʁ/
	future	pondrai /pɔ̃.dʁe/	pondras /pɔ̃.dʁa/	pondra /pɔ̃.dʁa/	pondrons /pɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/	pondrez /pɔ̃.dʁe/	pondront /pɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	pondrais /pɔ̃.dʁɛ/	pondrais /pɔ̃.dʁɛ/	pondrait /pɔ̃.dʁɛ/	pondrions /pɔ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	pondriez /pɔ̃.dʁi.je/	pondraient /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	ponde /pɔ̃d/	pondes /pɔ̃d/	ponde /pɔ̃d/	pondions /pɔ̃.djɔ̃/	pondiez /pɔ̃.dje/	pondent /pɔ̃d/
	imperfect2	pondisse /pɔ̃.dis/	pondisses /pɔ̃.dis/	pondît /pɔ̃.di/	pondissions /pɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/	pondissiez /pɔ̃.di.sje/	pondissent /pɔ̃.dis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ponds /pɔ̃/	—	pondons /pɔ̃.dɔ̃/	pondez /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: 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).

Related terms

• pondaison
• pondeur/pondeuse
• ponte

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• répond

Norman

Etymology

From Old French pondre, from Latin pōnō, pōnere (“place, put, lay”).

Verb

pondre

1. (Jersey) to lay (eggs)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin pōnere, present active infinitive of pōnō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpundɾə/

Verb

pondre

1. to lay (eggs)

Conjugation

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.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		pondre			avoir pons, pos, post, ponu, pondu
gerund		en ponant, pondant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		ponant, pondant
past participle		pons, pos, post, ponu, pondu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	poing	pons	pont, ponst	ponons, pondons	ponez, pondez	ponent, pondent
	imperfect	ponoie, poneie	ponoies, poneies	ponoit, poneit	poniiens, poniens	poniiez, poniez	ponoient, poneient
	preterite	pos, pons, poni	posis, ponsis, ponis	post, ponst, ponié	posimes, ponsimes, ponimes	posistes, ponsistes, ponistes	postrent, ponstrent, ponierent
	future	pondrai	pondras	pondra	pondrons	pondroiz, pondreiz, pondrez	pondront
	conditional	pondroie, pondreie	pondroies, pondreies	pondroit, pondreit	pondriiens, pondriens	pondriiez, pondriez	pondroient, pondreient
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	poigne, ponde, ponge	poignes, pondes, ponges	poigne, ponde, ponge	poigniens, poignons, pondons, pongiens, ponjons	poigniez, pondez, pongiez	poignent, pondent, pongent
	imperfect	posisse, ponsisse, ponisse	posisses, ponsisses, ponisses	posist, ponsist, ponist	posissons, posissiens, ponsissons, ponsissiens, ponissons, ponissiens	posissoiz, posissez, posissiez, ponsissoiz, ponsissez, ponsissiez, ponissoiz, ponissez, ponissiez	posissent, ponsissent, ponissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	pon	—	ponons	ponez	—

Related terms

• espondre

Descendants

• French: pondre
• Norman: pondre
• Walloon: ponre

Further reading

• Etymology and history of “pondre”, 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 IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (pondre, supplement)