abonder

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French abonder, borrowed from Latin abundāre (“abound in”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.bɔ̃.de/
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Verb

abonder

  1. to be found in large amounts; to abound
  2. (transitive) to abound; to teem; to be swarming or overflowing with (object marked with en, rarely de)
  3. (transitive, Europe, finance) to contribute financing to

Conjugation

Conjugation of abonder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple abonder
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple abondant
/a.bɔ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle abondé
/a.bɔ̃.de/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present abonde
/a.bɔ̃d/ 		abondes
/a.bɔ̃d/ 		abonde
/a.bɔ̃d/ 		abondons
/a.bɔ̃.dɔ̃/ 		abondez
/a.bɔ̃.de/ 		abondent
/a.bɔ̃d/
imperfect abondais
/a.bɔ̃.dɛ/ 		abondais
/a.bɔ̃.dɛ/ 		abondait
/a.bɔ̃.dɛ/ 		abondions
/a.bɔ̃.djɔ̃/ 		abondiez
/a.bɔ̃.dje/ 		abondaient
/a.bɔ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 abondai
/a.bɔ̃.de/ 		abondas
/a.bɔ̃.da/ 		abonda
/a.bɔ̃.da/ 		abondâmes
/a.bɔ̃.dam/ 		abondâtes
/a.bɔ̃.dat/ 		abondèrent
/a.bɔ̃.dɛʁ/
future abonderai
/a.bɔ̃.dʁe/ 		abonderas
/a.bɔ̃.dʁa/ 		abondera
/a.bɔ̃.dʁa/ 		abonderons
/a.bɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		abonderez
/a.bɔ̃.dʁe/ 		abonderont
/a.bɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional abonderais
/a.bɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		abonderais
/a.bɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		abonderait
/a.bɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		abonderions
/a.bɔ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/ 		abonderiez
/a.bɔ̃.də.ʁje/ 		abonderaient
/a.bɔ̃.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 abonde
/a.bɔ̃d/ 		abondes
/a.bɔ̃d/ 		abonde
/a.bɔ̃d/ 		abondions
/a.bɔ̃.djɔ̃/ 		abondiez
/a.bɔ̃.dje/ 		abondent
/a.bɔ̃d/
imperfect2 abondasse
/a.bɔ̃.das/ 		abondasses
/a.bɔ̃.das/ 		abondât
/a.bɔ̃.da/ 		abondassions
/a.bɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃/ 		abondassiez
/a.bɔ̃.da.sje/ 		abondassent
/a.bɔ̃.das/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — abonde
/a.bɔ̃d/ 		— abondons
/a.bɔ̃.dɔ̃/ 		abondez
/a.bɔ̃.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Old French

Verb

abonder

  1. to abound (be plentiful)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of abonder (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive abonder avoir abondé
gerund en abondant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle abondant
past participle abondé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present abont abondes abonde abondons abondez abondent
imperfect abondoie, abondeie, abondoe, abondeve abondoies, abondeies, abondoes, abondeves abondoit, abondeit, abondot, abondeve abondiiens, abondiens abondiiez, abondiez abondoient, abondeient, abondoent, abondevent
preterite abondai abondas abonda abondames abondastes abonderent
future abonderai abonderas abondera abonderons abonderoiz, abondereiz, abonderez abonderont
conditional abonderoie, abondereie abonderoies, abondereies abonderoit, abondereit abonderiiens, abonderiens abonderiiez, abonderiez abonderoient, abondereient
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 abont abonz abont abondons abondez abondent
imperfect abondasse abondasses abondast abondissons, abondissiens abondissoiz, abondissez, abondissiez abondassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— abonde — abondons abondez —
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