pourfendre

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French

Etymology

From pour- +‎ fendre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puʁ.fɑ̃dʁ/
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Verb

pourfendre

  1. (transitive, literary) to slice through, slay (with a sword)
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to lay into, shoot down, attack, slate (criticize strongly)
    • 2020 May 18, “Brésil : la dangereuse fuite en avant de Bolsonaro”, in Le Monde‎:
      Quand son ministre des affaires étrangères, Ernesto Araujo, pourfend le « comunavirus », affirmant que la pandémie est le résultat d’un complot communiste.
      When his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ernesto Araujo, attacks the "comunavirus", claiming that the pandemic is the result of a communist plot.

Conjugation

Conjugation of pourfendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pourfendre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pourfendant
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pourfendu
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pourfends
/puʁ.fɑ̃/ 		pourfends
/puʁ.fɑ̃/ 		pourfend
/puʁ.fɑ̃/ 		pourfendons
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dɔ̃/ 		pourfendez
/puʁ.fɑ̃.de/ 		pourfendent
/puʁ.fɑ̃d/
imperfect pourfendais
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dɛ/ 		pourfendais
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dɛ/ 		pourfendait
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dɛ/ 		pourfendions
/puʁ.fɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		pourfendiez
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dje/ 		pourfendaient
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 pourfendis
/puʁ.fɑ̃.di/ 		pourfendis
/puʁ.fɑ̃.di/ 		pourfendit
/puʁ.fɑ̃.di/ 		pourfendîmes
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dim/ 		pourfendîtes
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dit/ 		pourfendirent
/puʁ.fɑ̃.diʁ/
future pourfendrai
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dʁe/ 		pourfendras
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dʁa/ 		pourfendra
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dʁa/ 		pourfendrons
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		pourfendrez
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dʁe/ 		pourfendront
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional pourfendrais
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		pourfendrais
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		pourfendrait
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		pourfendrions
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		pourfendriez
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dʁi.je/ 		pourfendraient
/puʁ.fɑ̃.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 pourfende
/puʁ.fɑ̃d/ 		pourfendes
/puʁ.fɑ̃d/ 		pourfende
/puʁ.fɑ̃d/ 		pourfendions
/puʁ.fɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		pourfendiez
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dje/ 		pourfendent
/puʁ.fɑ̃d/
imperfect2 pourfendisse
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dis/ 		pourfendisses
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dis/ 		pourfendît
/puʁ.fɑ̃.di/ 		pourfendissions
/puʁ.fɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ 		pourfendissiez
/puʁ.fɑ̃.di.sje/ 		pourfendissent
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pourfends
/puʁ.fɑ̃/ 		— pourfendons
/puʁ.fɑ̃.dɔ̃/ 		pourfendez
/puʁ.fɑ̃.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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