morfondre

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French morfondre. Cognate with English morfound.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔʁ.fɔ̃dʁ/
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Verb

morfondre

  1. (transitive, dated) to depress, bore
    Son attitude hautaine morfondait les jeunes gens.
    His haughty attitude bored the youngsters.
  2. (transitive, dated) to cool
    Le vent glacial nous morfondait.
    The glacial wind chilled us.
  3. (reflexive) mope around
    Seule dans sa chambre elle se morfondait toute la journée.
    Alone in her room, she moped around all day long.

Conjugation

Conjugation of morfondre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple morfondre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple morfondant
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle morfondu
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present morfonds
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃/ 		morfonds
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃/ 		morfond
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃/ 		morfondons
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɔ̃/ 		morfondez
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.de/ 		morfondent
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃d/
imperfect morfondais
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɛ/ 		morfondais
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɛ/ 		morfondait
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɛ/ 		morfondions
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.djɔ̃/ 		morfondiez
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dje/ 		morfondaient
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 morfondis
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di/ 		morfondis
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di/ 		morfondit
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di/ 		morfondîmes
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dim/ 		morfondîtes
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dit/ 		morfondirent
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.diʁ/
future morfondrai
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁe/ 		morfondras
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁa/ 		morfondra
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁa/ 		morfondrons
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		morfondrez
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁe/ 		morfondront
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional morfondrais
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		morfondrais
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		morfondrait
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		morfondrions
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		morfondriez
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁi.je/ 		morfondraient
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.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 morfonde
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃d/ 		morfondes
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃d/ 		morfonde
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃d/ 		morfondions
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.djɔ̃/ 		morfondiez
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dje/ 		morfondent
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃d/
imperfect2 morfondisse
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dis/ 		morfondisses
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dis/ 		morfondît
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di/ 		morfondissions
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ 		morfondissiez
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di.sje/ 		morfondissent
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — morfonds
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃/ 		— morfondons
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɔ̃/ 		morfondez
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.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).

Conjugation of se morfondre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple se morfondre
compound s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple se morfondant
/sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle morfondu
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present me morfonds
/mə mɔʁ.fɔ̃/ 		te morfonds
/tə mɔʁ.fɔ̃/ 		se morfond
/sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃/ 		nous morfondons
/nu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɔ̃/ 		vous morfondez
/vu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.de/ 		se morfondent
/sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃d/
imperfect me morfondais
/mə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɛ/ 		te morfondais
/tə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɛ/ 		se morfondait
/sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɛ/ 		nous morfondions
/nu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.djɔ̃/ 		vous morfondiez
/vu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dje/ 		se morfondaient
/sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 me morfondis
/mə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di/ 		te morfondis
/tə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di/ 		se morfondit
/sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di/ 		nous morfondîmes
/nu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dim/ 		vous morfondîtes
/vu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dit/ 		se morfondirent
/sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.diʁ/
future me morfondrai
/mə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁe/ 		te morfondras
/tə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁa/ 		se morfondra
/sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁa/ 		nous morfondrons
/nu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		vous morfondrez
/vu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁe/ 		se morfondront
/sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional me morfondrais
/mə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		te morfondrais
/tə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		se morfondrait
/sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ 		nous morfondrions
/nu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		vous morfondriez
/vu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁi.je/ 		se morfondraient
/sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of s'être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'être + past participle
future perfect future of s'être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present me morfonde
/mə mɔʁ.fɔ̃d/ 		te morfondes
/tə mɔʁ.fɔ̃d/ 		se morfonde
/sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃d/ 		nous morfondions
/nu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.djɔ̃/ 		vous morfondiez
/vu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dje/ 		se morfondent
/sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃d/
imperfect2 me morfondisse
/mə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dis/ 		te morfondisses
/tə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dis/ 		se morfondît
/sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di/ 		nous morfondissions
/nu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ 		vous morfondissiez
/vu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di.sje/ 		se morfondissent
/sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — morfonds-toi
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.twa/ 		— morfondons-nous
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɔ̃.nu/ 		morfondez-vous
/mɔʁ.fɔ̃.de.vu/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of s'être + past participle — simple imperative of s'être + past participle simple imperative of s'être + 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).

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

mor (“snout”) +‎ fondre. The first part comes from Franco-Provençal mor, more (“snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”), and the second from Latin fundere.

Verb

morfondre

  1. (unusually in the past participle morfondu) to chill; to cool
  2. to fatigue; to tire

Descendants

  • Middle English: morfounden, morefounden

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (morfondre)
  • morfondre on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
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