prétendre

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See also: pretendre and pretendré

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French pretendre, from Old French pretendre, a borrowing from Latin praetendere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁe.tɑ̃dʁ/
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Verb

prétendre

  1. to claim, to allege
  2. to expect, to consider necessary
  3. (transitive with à) to aim at, to set one's sights on
  4. (reflexive) to claim
  5. (Louisiana) to pretend

Usage notes

Conjugation

Conjugation of prétendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple prétendre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple prétendant
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle prétendu
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present prétends
/pʁe.tɑ̃/ 		prétends
/pʁe.tɑ̃/ 		prétend
/pʁe.tɑ̃/ 		prétendons
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/ 		prétendez
/pʁe.tɑ̃.de/ 		prétendent
/pʁe.tɑ̃d/
imperfect prétendais
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dɛ/ 		prétendais
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dɛ/ 		prétendait
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dɛ/ 		prétendions
/pʁe.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		prétendiez
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dje/ 		prétendaient
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 prétendis
/pʁe.tɑ̃.di/ 		prétendis
/pʁe.tɑ̃.di/ 		prétendit
/pʁe.tɑ̃.di/ 		prétendîmes
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dim/ 		prétendîtes
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dit/ 		prétendirent
/pʁe.tɑ̃.diʁ/
future prétendrai
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dʁe/ 		prétendras
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dʁa/ 		prétendra
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dʁa/ 		prétendrons
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		prétendrez
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dʁe/ 		prétendront
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional prétendrais
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		prétendrais
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		prétendrait
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		prétendrions
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		prétendriez
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dʁi.je/ 		prétendraient
/pʁe.tɑ̃.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 prétende
/pʁe.tɑ̃d/ 		prétendes
/pʁe.tɑ̃d/ 		prétende
/pʁe.tɑ̃d/ 		prétendions
/pʁe.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		prétendiez
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dje/ 		prétendent
/pʁe.tɑ̃d/
imperfect2 prétendisse
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dis/ 		prétendisses
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dis/ 		prétendît
/pʁe.tɑ̃.di/ 		prétendissions
/pʁe.tɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ 		prétendissiez
/pʁe.tɑ̃.di.sje/ 		prétendissent
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — prétends
/pʁe.tɑ̃/ 		— prétendons
/pʁe.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/ 		prétendez
/pʁe.tɑ̃.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).

Related terms

Descendants

  • → German: prätendieren
  • → Romanian: pretinde

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