condescendre

condescendre

French

Etymology

From Middle French condescendre, from Old French condescendre, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin condescendō, condescendere, from Latin con- + descendō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

condescendre

1. (followed by the preposition à) to assent (to); to agree (to); to condescend (to)

   Synonyms: consentir, daigner

Conjugation

Conjugation of condescendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	condescendre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	condescendant /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		condescendu /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dy/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dy/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	condescends /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃/	condescends /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃/	condescend /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃/	condescendons /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/	condescendez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.de/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.de/	condescendent /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃d/
	imperfect	condescendais /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/	condescendais /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/	condescendait /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/	condescendions /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/	condescendiez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dje/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dje/	condescendaient /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	condescendis /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di/	condescendis /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di/	condescendit /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di/	condescendîmes /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dim/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dim/	condescendîtes /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dit/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dit/	condescendirent /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.diʁ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.diʁ/
	future	condescendrai /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁe/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁe/	condescendras /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁa/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁa/	condescendra /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁa/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁa/	condescendrons /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/	condescendrez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁe/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁe/	condescendront /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	condescendrais /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/	condescendrais /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/	condescendrait /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/	condescendrions /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	condescendriez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁi.je/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dʁi.je/	condescendraient /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.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	condescende /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃d/	condescendes /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃d/	condescende /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃d/	condescendions /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/	condescendiez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dje/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dje/	condescendent /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃d/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃d/
	imperfect2	condescendisse /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dis/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dis/	condescendisses /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dis/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dis/	condescendît /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di/	condescendissions /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/	condescendissiez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.di.sje/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.di.sje/	condescendissent /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dis/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	condescends /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃/	—	condescendons /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/	condescendez /kɔ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃.de/ or /kɔ̃.de.sɑ̃.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• condescendant

Further reading

• “condescendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French condescendre.

Verb

condescendre

1. (reflexive) to assent (to); to agree (to)
   • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:

     L’Empereur Conrad troisiesme, ayant assiegé Guelphe, duc de Bavieres, ne voulut condescendre a plus douces conditions

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

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 condescendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		condescendre			avoir condescendu
gerund		en condescendant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		condescendant
past participle		condescendu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	condescent	condescenz	condescent	condescendons	condescendez	condescendent
	imperfect	condescendoie, condescendeie	condescendoies, condescendeies	condescendoit, condescendeit	condescendiiens, condescendiens	condescendiiez, condescendiez	condescendoient, condescendeient
	preterite	condescendi	condescendis	condescendié	condescendimes	condescendistes	condescendierent
	future	condescendrai	condescendras	condescendra	condescendrons	condescendroiz, condescendreiz, condescendrez	condescendront
	conditional	condescendroie, condescendreie	condescendroies, condescendreies	condescendroit, condescendreit	condescendriiens, condescendriens	condescendriiez, condescendriez	condescendroient, condescendreient
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 anterior	Use the preterite 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 jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	condescende	condescendes	condescende	condescendons	condescendez	condescendent
	imperfect	condescendisse	condescendisses	condescendist	condescendissons, condescendissiens	condescendissoiz, condescendissez, condescendissiez	condescendissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	condescent	—	condescendons	condescendez	—

Descendants

• French: condescendre

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (condescendre, supplement)

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin condescendō, condescendere, from Latin con- + descendō.

Verb

condescendre

1. to descend; to go down
2. to assent (to); to agree (to)

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 condescendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		condescendre			avoir condescendu
gerund		en condescendant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		condescendant
past participle		condescendu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	condescent	condescenz	condescent	condescendons	condescendez	condescendent
	imperfect	condescendoie, condescendeie	condescendoies, condescendeies	condescendoit, condescendeit	condescendiiens, condescendiens	condescendiiez, condescendiez	condescendoient, condescendeient
	preterite	condescendi	condescendis	condescendié	condescendimes	condescendistes	condescendierent
	future	condescendrai	condescendras	condescendra	condescendrons	condescendroiz, condescendreiz, condescendrez	condescendront
	conditional	condescendroie, condescendreie	condescendroies, condescendreies	condescendroit, condescendreit	condescendriiens, condescendriens	condescendriiez, condescendriez	condescendroient, condescendreient
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 anterior	Use the preterite 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 jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	condescende	condescendes	condescende	condescendons	condescendez	condescendent
	imperfect	condescendisse	condescendisses	condescendist	condescendissons, condescendissiens	condescendissoiz, condescendissez, condescendissiez	condescendissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	condescent	—	condescendons	condescendez	—

Descendants

• → Middle English: condescenden
  • English: condescend
• Middle French: condescendre
  • French: condescendre

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (condescendre)