gronder

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French

Etymology

From Latin grundīre (“to grunt”), a form of grunnīre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɔ̃.de/
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Verb

gronder

  1. (intransitive) to rumble, roar; to growl
  2. (transitive) to tell off, scold

Conjugation

Conjugation of gronder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple gronder
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple grondant
/ɡʁɔ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle grondé
/ɡʁɔ̃.de/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present gronde
/ɡʁɔ̃d/ 		grondes
/ɡʁɔ̃d/ 		gronde
/ɡʁɔ̃d/ 		grondons
/ɡʁɔ̃.dɔ̃/ 		grondez
/ɡʁɔ̃.de/ 		grondent
/ɡʁɔ̃d/
imperfect grondais
/ɡʁɔ̃.dɛ/ 		grondais
/ɡʁɔ̃.dɛ/ 		grondait
/ɡʁɔ̃.dɛ/ 		grondions
/ɡʁɔ̃.djɔ̃/ 		grondiez
/ɡʁɔ̃.dje/ 		grondaient
/ɡʁɔ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 grondai
/ɡʁɔ̃.de/ 		grondas
/ɡʁɔ̃.da/ 		gronda
/ɡʁɔ̃.da/ 		grondâmes
/ɡʁɔ̃.dam/ 		grondâtes
/ɡʁɔ̃.dat/ 		grondèrent
/ɡʁɔ̃.dɛʁ/
future gronderai
/ɡʁɔ̃.dʁe/ 		gronderas
/ɡʁɔ̃.dʁa/ 		grondera
/ɡʁɔ̃.dʁa/ 		gronderons
/ɡʁɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		gronderez
/ɡʁɔ̃.dʁe/ 		gronderont
/ɡʁɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional gronderais
/ɡʁɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		gronderais
/ɡʁɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		gronderait
/ɡʁɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		gronderions
/ɡʁɔ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/ 		gronderiez
/ɡʁɔ̃.də.ʁje/ 		gronderaient
/ɡʁɔ̃.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 gronde
/ɡʁɔ̃d/ 		grondes
/ɡʁɔ̃d/ 		gronde
/ɡʁɔ̃d/ 		grondions
/ɡʁɔ̃.djɔ̃/ 		grondiez
/ɡʁɔ̃.dje/ 		grondent
/ɡʁɔ̃d/
imperfect2 grondasse
/ɡʁɔ̃.das/ 		grondasses
/ɡʁɔ̃.das/ 		grondât
/ɡʁɔ̃.da/ 		grondassions
/ɡʁɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃/ 		grondassiez
/ɡʁɔ̃.da.sje/ 		grondassent
/ɡʁɔ̃.das/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — gronde
/ɡʁɔ̃d/ 		— grondons
/ɡʁɔ̃.dɔ̃/ 		grondez
/ɡʁɔ̃.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).

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