fronder
French
Etymology
From fronde.
Pronunciation
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Verb
fronder
- (dated) to slingshot
- (figuratively) to critique
Conjugation
Conjugation of fronder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | fronder | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | frondant /fʁɔ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | frondé /fʁɔ̃.de/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | fronde /fʁɔ̃d/ | frondes /fʁɔ̃d/ | fronde /fʁɔ̃d/ | frondons /fʁɔ̃.dɔ̃/ | frondez /fʁɔ̃.de/ | frondent /fʁɔ̃d/ |
imperfect | frondais /fʁɔ̃.dɛ/ | frondais /fʁɔ̃.dɛ/ | frondait /fʁɔ̃.dɛ/ | frondions /fʁɔ̃.djɔ̃/ | frondiez /fʁɔ̃.dje/ | frondaient /fʁɔ̃.dɛ/ | |
past historic2 | frondai /fʁɔ̃.de/ | frondas /fʁɔ̃.da/ | fronda /fʁɔ̃.da/ | frondâmes /fʁɔ̃.dam/ | frondâtes /fʁɔ̃.dat/ | frondèrent /fʁɔ̃.dɛʁ/ | |
future | fronderai /fʁɔ̃.dʁe/ | fronderas /fʁɔ̃.dʁa/ | frondera /fʁɔ̃.dʁa/ | fronderons /fʁɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | fronderez /fʁɔ̃.dʁe/ | fronderont /fʁɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | fronderais /fʁɔ̃.dʁɛ/ | fronderais /fʁɔ̃.dʁɛ/ | fronderait /fʁɔ̃.dʁɛ/ | fronderions /fʁɔ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/ | fronderiez /fʁɔ̃.də.ʁje/ | fronderaient /fʁɔ̃.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 | fronde /fʁɔ̃d/ | frondes /fʁɔ̃d/ | fronde /fʁɔ̃d/ | frondions /fʁɔ̃.djɔ̃/ | frondiez /fʁɔ̃.dje/ | frondent /fʁɔ̃d/ |
imperfect2 | frondasse /fʁɔ̃.das/ | frondasses /fʁɔ̃.das/ | frondât /fʁɔ̃.da/ | frondassions /fʁɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃/ | frondassiez /fʁɔ̃.da.sje/ | frondassent /fʁɔ̃.das/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | fronde /fʁɔ̃d/ | — | frondons /fʁɔ̃.dɔ̃/ | frondez /fʁɔ̃.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
- fronde
- frondeur
Further reading
- “fronder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.