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tondre
tondre
French
Verb
tondre
- (transitive) to shear (sheep)
- (transitive) to mow, cut (grass; a lawn)
- (transitive) to clip, cut (hair)
- (transitive) to shave (one's head)
- (transitive) to tonsure
- (transitive) to smooth, level (a surface)
- (informal, transitive) to rob, clean someone out
Conjugation
Conjugation of tondre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | tondre | avoir tondu | |||||
| gerund | en tondant | en ayant tondu | |||||
| present participle | tondant /tɔ̃.dɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | tondu /tɔ̃.dy/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | tonds /tɔ̃/ |
tonds /tɔ̃/ |
tond /tɔ̃/ |
tondons /tɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
tondez /tɔ̃.de/ |
tondent /tɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect | tondais /tɔ̃.dɛ/ |
tondais /tɔ̃.dɛ/ |
tondait /tɔ̃.dɛ/ |
tondions /tɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
tondiez /tɔ̃.dje/ |
tondaient /tɔ̃.dɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | tondis /tɔ̃.di/ |
tondis /tɔ̃.di/ |
tondit /tɔ̃.di/ |
tondîmes /tɔ̃.dim/ |
tondîtes /tɔ̃.dit/ |
tondirent /tɔ̃.diʁ/ |
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| future | tondrai /tɔ̃.dʁe/ |
tondras /tɔ̃.dʁa/ |
tondra /tɔ̃.dʁa/ |
tondrons /tɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
tondrez /tɔ̃.dʁe/ |
tondront /tɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | tondrais /tɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
tondrais /tɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
tondrait /tɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
tondrions /tɔ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
tondriez /tɔ̃.dʁi.je/ |
tondraient /tɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | tonde /tɔ̃d/ |
tondes /tɔ̃d/ |
tonde /tɔ̃d/ |
tondions /tɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
tondiez /tɔ̃.dje/ |
tondent /tɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect1 |
tondisse /tɔ̃.dis/ |
tondisses /tɔ̃.dis/ |
tondît /tɔ̃.di/ |
tondissions /tɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
tondissiez /tɔ̃.di.sje/ |
tondissent /tɔ̃.dis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | tonds /tɔ̃/ |
— | tondons /tɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
tondez /tɔ̃.de/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Anagrams
Old Provençal
Etymology
Verb
tondre
- to shave (remove hair by cutting)
References
- (fr)(de) tondēre in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Walther von Wartburg, 2002)