suspendre

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suspendere.

Pronunciation

Verb

suspendre (first-person singular present suspenc, first-person singular preterite suspenguí, past participle suspès); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/(transitive)

  1. to suspend, to hang
  2. to suspend, to hold off, defer momentarily
  3. to suspend from work, duties, etc.
  4. to fail, to not pass, to flunk

Conjugation

    Conjugation of suspendre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)
infinitive suspendre
gerund suspenent
past participle masculine feminine
singular suspès suspesa
plural suspesos suspeses
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present suspenc suspens suspèn suspenem suspeneu suspenen
imperfect suspenia suspenies suspenia suspeníem suspeníeu suspenien
future suspendré suspendràs suspendrà suspendrem suspendreu suspendran
preterite suspenguí suspengueres suspengué suspenguérem suspenguéreu suspengueren
conditional suspendria suspendries suspendria suspendríem suspendríeu suspendrien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present suspengui suspenguis suspengui suspenguem suspengueu suspenguin
imperfect suspengués suspenguessis suspengués suspenguéssim suspenguéssiu suspenguessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — suspèn suspengui suspenguem suspeneu suspenguin
negative (no) — no suspenguis no suspengui no suspenguem no suspengueu no suspenguin

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suspendere. Cf. also Old French souspendre, soupendre, which disappeared under the influence of the Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sys.pɑ̃dʁ/
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Verb

suspendre

  1. to suspend (hang freely)
  2. to suspend (temporarily cancel or expel)

Conjugation

Conjugation of suspendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple suspendre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple suspendant
/sys.pɑ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle suspendu
/sys.pɑ̃.dy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present suspends
/sys.pɑ̃/ 		suspends
/sys.pɑ̃/ 		suspend
/sys.pɑ̃/ 		suspendons
/sys.pɑ̃.dɔ̃/ 		suspendez
/sys.pɑ̃.de/ 		suspendent
/sys.pɑ̃d/
imperfect suspendais
/sys.pɑ̃.dɛ/ 		suspendais
/sys.pɑ̃.dɛ/ 		suspendait
/sys.pɑ̃.dɛ/ 		suspendions
/sys.pɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		suspendiez
/sys.pɑ̃.dje/ 		suspendaient
/sys.pɑ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 suspendis
/sys.pɑ̃.di/ 		suspendis
/sys.pɑ̃.di/ 		suspendit
/sys.pɑ̃.di/ 		suspendîmes
/sys.pɑ̃.dim/ 		suspendîtes
/sys.pɑ̃.dit/ 		suspendirent
/sys.pɑ̃.diʁ/
future suspendrai
/sys.pɑ̃.dʁe/ 		suspendras
/sys.pɑ̃.dʁa/ 		suspendra
/sys.pɑ̃.dʁa/ 		suspendrons
/sys.pɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		suspendrez
/sys.pɑ̃.dʁe/ 		suspendront
/sys.pɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional suspendrais
/sys.pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		suspendrais
/sys.pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		suspendrait
/sys.pɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		suspendrions
/sys.pɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		suspendriez
/sys.pɑ̃.dʁi.je/ 		suspendraient
/sys.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 suspende
/sys.pɑ̃d/ 		suspendes
/sys.pɑ̃d/ 		suspende
/sys.pɑ̃d/ 		suspendions
/sys.pɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		suspendiez
/sys.pɑ̃.dje/ 		suspendent
/sys.pɑ̃d/
imperfect2 suspendisse
/sys.pɑ̃.dis/ 		suspendisses
/sys.pɑ̃.dis/ 		suspendît
/sys.pɑ̃.di/ 		suspendissions
/sys.pɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ 		suspendissiez
/sys.pɑ̃.di.sje/ 		suspendissent
/sys.pɑ̃.dis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — suspends
/sys.pɑ̃/ 		— suspendons
/sys.pɑ̃.dɔ̃/ 		suspendez
/sys.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).

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