fendre

fendre

See also: fendré

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin findere, present active infinitive of findō, from Proto-Italic *findō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈfən.dɾə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛn.dɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfen.dɾe/

Verb

fendre (first-person singular present fenc, past participle fes)

1. (transitive) to split, to cleave
2. (transitive) to score (cut a groove in order to create a fold)

Conjugation

Conjugation of fendre (second conjugation with velar infix, irregular past participle)

infinitive			fendre
present participle			fenent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fes		fesa
		plural		fesos		feses
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fenc	fens	fen	fenem	feneu	fenen
	imperfect	fenia	fenies	fenia	feníem	feníeu	fenien
	future	fendré	fendràs	fendrà	fendrem	fendreu	fendran
	preterite	fenguí	fengueres	fengué	fenguérem	fenguéreu	fengueren
	conditional	fendria	fendries	fendria	fendríem	fendríeu	fendrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fengui	fenguis	fengui	fenguem	fengueu	fenguin
	imperfect	fengués	fenguessis	fengués	fenguéssim	fenguéssiu	fenguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	fen	fengui	fenguem	feneu	fenguin

Synonyms

• esberlar

Derived terms

• fenedura
• fenent

Related terms

• fenella
• fes

References

• “fendre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

From Old French fendre, from Latin findere, present active infinitive of findō, from Proto-Italic *findō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑ̃dʁ/

• Audio (France, Paris)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑ̃dr

Verb

fendre

1. to split, to chop (wood), to crack
2. to shoulder (one's way through a crowd)
3. (figurative) to break (someone's heart)
4. (reflexive, se fendre, of heart) to break
5. (reflexive, se fendre) to crack, to split
   • 2013, Zaz, Déterre

     Comme tu veux, vas-y ! Vas-y comme tu veux ! Sens-tu le sol se fendre en deux ?

     However you want — that's it! However you want to — you do you. Do you feel the ground splitting into two?

     (literally, “Like you want, go on; go on like you want. Do you feel the ground split[ting] in two?”)

6. (reflexive, se fendre, ~ de) to manage, to come up with
7. (reflexive, se fendre, fencing) to lunge

Conjugation

Conjugation of fendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	fendre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	fendant /fɑ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		fendu /fɑ̃.dy/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	fends /fɑ̃/	fends /fɑ̃/	fend /fɑ̃/	fendons /fɑ̃.dɔ̃/	fendez /fɑ̃.de/	fendent /fɑ̃d/
	imperfect	fendais /fɑ̃.dɛ/	fendais /fɑ̃.dɛ/	fendait /fɑ̃.dɛ/	fendions /fɑ̃.djɔ̃/	fendiez /fɑ̃.dje/	fendaient /fɑ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	fendis /fɑ̃.di/	fendis /fɑ̃.di/	fendit /fɑ̃.di/	fendîmes /fɑ̃.dim/	fendîtes /fɑ̃.dit/	fendirent /fɑ̃.diʁ/
	future	fendrai /fɑ̃.dʁe/	fendras /fɑ̃.dʁa/	fendra /fɑ̃.dʁa/	fendrons /fɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/	fendrez /fɑ̃.dʁe/	fendront /fɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	fendrais /fɑ̃.dʁɛ/	fendrais /fɑ̃.dʁɛ/	fendrait /fɑ̃.dʁɛ/	fendrions /fɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	fendriez /fɑ̃.dʁi.je/	fendraient /fɑ̃.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	fende /fɑ̃d/	fendes /fɑ̃d/	fende /fɑ̃d/	fendions /fɑ̃.djɔ̃/	fendiez /fɑ̃.dje/	fendent /fɑ̃d/
	imperfect2	fendisse /fɑ̃.dis/	fendisses /fɑ̃.dis/	fendît /fɑ̃.di/	fendissions /fɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/	fendissiez /fɑ̃.di.sje/	fendissent /fɑ̃.dis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	fends /fɑ̃/	—	fendons /fɑ̃.dɔ̃/	fendez /fɑ̃.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

• à fendre l'âme
• bien fondu
• fendre le cœur
• fendre son biscuit
• fendre son garganna
• geler à pierre fendre
• se fendre la poire

 

Related terms

• fente
• fesse
• fissure

Further reading

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fendere, fendrer

Noun

fendre m

1. indefinite plural of fender

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Occitan

Etymology

From Latin findere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfendɾe/

• (file)

Verb

fendre

1. (Languedoc, Limousin, Vivaro-alpine) to divide, split

Dialectal variants

• hénder
• héner

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin findere, present active infinitive of findō.

Verb

fendre

1. to split

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 fendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		fendre			avoir fendu
gerund		en fendant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		fendant
past participle		fendu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	fent	fenz	fent	fendons	fendez	fendent
	imperfect	fendoie, fendeie	fendoies, fendeies	fendoit, fendeit	fendiiens, fendiens	fendiiez, fendiez	fendoient, fendeient
	preterite	fendi	fendis	fendié	fendimes	fendistes	fendierent
	future	fendrai	fendras	fendra	fendrons	fendroiz, fendreiz, fendrez	fendront
	conditional	fendroie, fendreie	fendroies, fendreies	fendroit, fendreit	fendriiens, fendriens	fendriiez, fendriez	fendroient, fendreient
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	fende	fendes	fende	fendons	fendez	fendent
	imperfect	fendisse	fendisses	fendist	fendissons, fendissiens	fendissoiz, fendissez, fendissiez	fendissent
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	–
		—	fent	—	fendons	fendez	—

Descendants

• French: fendre