pendre

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French pendre, from Late Latin pendĕre (conjugation confused with or altered by pendere (“to suspend, hang”)) for Latin pendēre, present active infinitive pendeō, from Proto-Italic *pendēō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to pull; to spin”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑ̃dʁ/
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Verb

pendre

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to hang
    • 2017, Pomme, Pauline:
      Ô Pauline, pendus à tes bottines, les garçons passaient tous à côté de moi.
      Oh Pauline, the boys were all hung up on your ankle boots, and they took no notice of me.
  2. (intransitive) to sag, droop

Conjugation

Conjugation of pendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pendre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pendant
/pɑ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pendu
/pɑ̃.dy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pends
/pɑ̃/ 		pends
/pɑ̃/ 		pend
/pɑ̃/ 		pendons
/pɑ̃.dɔ̃/ 		pendez
/pɑ̃.de/ 		pendent
/pɑ̃d/
imperfect pendais
/pɑ̃.dɛ/ 		pendais
/pɑ̃.dɛ/ 		pendait
/pɑ̃.dɛ/ 		pendions
/pɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		pendiez
/pɑ̃.dje/ 		pendaient
/pɑ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 pendis
/pɑ̃.di/ 		pendis
/pɑ̃.di/ 		pendit
/pɑ̃.di/ 		pendîmes
/pɑ̃.dim/ 		pendîtes
/pɑ̃.dit/ 		pendirent
/pɑ̃.diʁ/
future pendrai
/pɑ̃.dʁe/ 		pendras
/pɑ̃.dʁa/ 		pendra
/pɑ̃.dʁa/ 		pendrons
/pɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		pendrez
/pɑ̃.dʁe/ 		pendront
/pɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional pendrais
/pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		pendrais
/pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		pendrait
/pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		pendrions
/pɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		pendriez
/pɑ̃.dʁi.je/ 		pendraient
/pɑ̃.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 pende
/pɑ̃d/ 		pendes
/pɑ̃d/ 		pende
/pɑ̃d/ 		pendions
/pɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		pendiez
/pɑ̃.dje/ 		pendent
/pɑ̃d/
imperfect2 pendisse
/pɑ̃.dis/ 		pendisses
/pɑ̃.dis/ 		pendît
/pɑ̃.di/ 		pendissions
/pɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ 		pendissiez
/pɑ̃.di.sje/ 		pendissent
/pɑ̃.dis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pends
/pɑ̃/ 		— pendons
/pɑ̃.dɔ̃/ 		pendez
/pɑ̃.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

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin pendere.

Pronunciation

Verb

pendre

  1. (Provençal, Limousin, Vivaro-Alpine, Auvergne) to hang

Dialectal variants

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin pendĕre (conjugation confused with or altered by pendere (“to suspend, hang”)) for Latin pendēre, present active infinitive pendeō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpendɾə/, /ˈpandɾə/

Verb

pendre

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to hang

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of pendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive pendre avoir pendu
gerund en pendant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle pendant
past participle pendu
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present pent penz pent pendons pendez pendent
imperfect pendoie, pendeie pendoies, pendeies pendoit, pendeit pendiiens, pendiens pendiiez, pendiez pendoient, pendeient
preterite pendi pendis pendié pendimes pendistes pendierent
future pendrai pendras pendra pendrons pendroiz, pendreiz, pendrez pendront
conditional pendroie, pendreie pendroies, pendreies pendroit, pendreit pendriiens, pendriens pendriiez, pendriez pendroient, pendreient
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 pende pendes pende pendons pendez pendent
imperfect pendisse pendisses pendist pendissons, pendissiens pendissoiz, pendissez, pendissiez pendissent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— pent — pendons pendez —

Descendants

  • Middle French: pendre
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