Inherited from Old French esfondrer, from Vulgar Latin *exfunderare, from fundus (“fond”). Compare Catalan esfondrar.
effondrer
infinitive | simple | effondrer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | effondrant /e.fɔ̃.dʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | effondré /e.fɔ̃.dʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | effondre /e.fɔ̃dʁ/ |
effondres /e.fɔ̃dʁ/ |
effondre /e.fɔ̃dʁ/ |
effondrons /e.fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
effondrez /e.fɔ̃.dʁe/ |
effondrent /e.fɔ̃dʁ/ |
imperfect | effondrais /e.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
effondrais /e.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
effondrait /e.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
effondrions /e.fɔ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
effondriez /e.fɔ̃.dʁi.je/ |
effondraient /e.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | effondrai /e.fɔ̃.dʁe/ |
effondras /e.fɔ̃.dʁa/ |
effondra /e.fɔ̃.dʁa/ |
effondrâmes /e.fɔ̃.dʁam/ |
effondrâtes /e.fɔ̃.dʁat/ |
effondrèrent /e.fɔ̃.dʁɛʁ/ | |
future | effondrerai /e.fɔ̃.dʁə.ʁe/ |
effondreras /e.fɔ̃.dʁə.ʁa/ |
effondrera /e.fɔ̃.dʁə.ʁa/ |
effondrerons /e.fɔ̃.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
effondrerez /e.fɔ̃.dʁə.ʁe/ |
effondreront /e.fɔ̃.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | effondrerais /e.fɔ̃.dʁə.ʁɛ/ |
effondrerais /e.fɔ̃.dʁə.ʁɛ/ |
effondrerait /e.fɔ̃.dʁə.ʁɛ/ |
effondrerions /e.fɔ̃.dʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
effondreriez /e.fɔ̃.dʁə.ʁje/ |
effondreraient /e.fɔ̃.dʁə.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 | effondre /e.fɔ̃dʁ/ |
effondres /e.fɔ̃dʁ/ |
effondre /e.fɔ̃dʁ/ |
effondrions /e.fɔ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
effondriez /e.fɔ̃.dʁi.je/ |
effondrent /e.fɔ̃dʁ/ |
imperfect2 | effondrasse /e.fɔ̃.dʁas/ |
effondrasses /e.fɔ̃.dʁas/ |
effondrât /e.fɔ̃.dʁa/ |
effondrassions /e.fɔ̃.dʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
effondrassiez /e.fɔ̃.dʁa.sje/ |
effondrassent /e.fɔ̃.dʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | effondre /e.fɔ̃dʁ/ |
— | effondrons /e.fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
effondrez /e.fɔ̃.dʁe/ |
— | |
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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |