correspondre
See also: correspondré
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin correspondēre, present active infinitive of correspondeō.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ko.rəsˈpɔn.dɾə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ku.rəsˈpɔn.dɾə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ko.resˈpɔn.dɾe/
Verb
correspondre (first-person singular present corresponc, past participle correspost)
- to correspond
Conjugation
Conjugation of correspondre (second conjugation with velar infix, irregular past participle)
| infinitive | correspondre | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | corresponent | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | correspost | corresposta | |||||
| plural | correspostos | correspostes | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | corresponc | correspons | correspon | corresponem | corresponeu | corresponen | |
| imperfect | corresponia | corresponies | corresponia | corresponíem | corresponíeu | corresponien | |
| future | correspondré | correspondràs | correspondrà | correspondrem | correspondreu | correspondran | |
| preterite | corresponguí | correspongueres | correspongué | corresponguérem | corresponguéreu | correspongueren | |
| conditional | correspondria | correspondries | correspondria | correspondríem | correspondríeu | correspondrien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | correspongui | corresponguis | correspongui | corresponguem | correspongueu | corresponguin | |
| imperfect | correspongués | corresponguessis | correspongués | corresponguéssim | corresponguéssiu | corresponguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | correspon | correspongui | corresponguem | corresponeu | corresponguin | ||
Related terms
- correspondència
- correspondent
Further reading
- “correspondre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “correspondre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “correspondre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “correspondre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin correspondēre, present active infinitive of correspondeō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃dʁ/
Audio (France, Paris) (file)
Verb
correspondre
- to correspond
- Le Québec est une province du Canada dont les frontières correspondent au territoire de la nation québécoise.
- Quebec is a province of Canada whose borders correspond to the territory of the Quebecois nation.
- to write to
Conjugation
Conjugation of correspondre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | correspondre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | correspondant /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | correspondu /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dy/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | corresponds /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃/ | corresponds /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃/ | correspond /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃/ | correspondons /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɔ̃/ | correspondez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.de/ | correspondent /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect | correspondais /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɛ/ | correspondais /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɛ/ | correspondait /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɛ/ | correspondions /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.djɔ̃/ | correspondiez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dje/ | correspondaient /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | correspondis /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di/ | correspondis /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di/ | correspondit /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di/ | correspondîmes /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dim/ | correspondîtes /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dit/ | correspondirent /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.diʁ/ | |
| future | correspondrai /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁe/ | correspondras /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁa/ | correspondra /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁa/ | correspondrons /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | correspondrez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁe/ | correspondront /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | correspondrais /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɛ/ | correspondrais /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɛ/ | correspondrait /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɛ/ | correspondrions /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ | correspondriez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁi.je/ | correspondraient /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.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 | corresponde /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/ | correspondes /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/ | corresponde /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/ | correspondions /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.djɔ̃/ | correspondiez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dje/ | correspondent /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect2 | correspondisse /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dis/ | correspondisses /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dis/ | correspondît /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di/ | correspondissions /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ | correspondissiez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di.sje/ | correspondissent /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | corresponds /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃/ | — | correspondons /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɔ̃/ | correspondez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
- correspondance
- correspondant
Further reading
- “correspondre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin correspondēre, present active infinitive of correspondeō.
Verb
correspondre
- to correspond (of two or more people, to mutually respond to one another)
Old French
Etymology
First known attestation circa 1330, from Medieval Latin correspondēre, present active infinitive of correspondeō.
Verb
correspondre
- to correspond
- to write to
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of correspondre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | correspondre | avoir correspondu, correspons | |||||
| gerund | en correspondant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | correspondant | ||||||
| past participle | correspondu, correspons | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | correspoing, correspon | corresponz | correspont | correspondons | correspondez | correspondent |
| imperfect | correspondoie, correspondeie | correspondoies, correspondeies | correspondoit, correspondeit | correspondiiens, correspondiens | correspondiiez, correspondiez | correspondoient, correspondeient | |
| preterite | correspondi | correspondis | correspondié, correspost | correspondimes | correspondistes | correspondierent | |
| future | correspondrai | correspondras | correspondra | correspondrons | correspondroiz, correspondreiz, correspondrez | correspondront | |
| conditional | correspondroie, correspondreie | correspondroies, correspondreies | correspondroit, correspondreit | correspondriiens, correspondriens | correspondriiez, correspondriez | correspondroient, correspondreient | |
| 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 | correspoigne, corresponde | correspoignes, correspondes | correspoigne, corresponde | correspoignons, correspondons | correspoignez, correspondez | correspoignent, correspondent |
| imperfect | correspondisse | correspondisses | correspondist | correspondissons, correspondissiens | correspondissoiz, correspondissez, correspondissiez | correspondissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | correspont | — | correspondons | correspondez | — | ||
Further reading
- Etymology and history of “correspondre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (correspondre, supplement)