inonder
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inundāre, present active infinitive of inundō. Compare Italian inondare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.nɔ̃.de/
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Verb
inonder
- to flood (to overflow)
- to inundate
- Antonym: exonder
Conjugation
Conjugation of inonder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | inonder | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | inondant /i.nɔ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | inondé /i.nɔ̃.de/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | inonde /i.nɔ̃d/ | inondes /i.nɔ̃d/ | inonde /i.nɔ̃d/ | inondons /i.nɔ̃.dɔ̃/ | inondez /i.nɔ̃.de/ | inondent /i.nɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect | inondais /i.nɔ̃.dɛ/ | inondais /i.nɔ̃.dɛ/ | inondait /i.nɔ̃.dɛ/ | inondions /i.nɔ̃.djɔ̃/ | inondiez /i.nɔ̃.dje/ | inondaient /i.nɔ̃.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | inondai /i.nɔ̃.de/ | inondas /i.nɔ̃.da/ | inonda /i.nɔ̃.da/ | inondâmes /i.nɔ̃.dam/ | inondâtes /i.nɔ̃.dat/ | inondèrent /i.nɔ̃.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | inonderai /i.nɔ̃.dʁe/ | inonderas /i.nɔ̃.dʁa/ | inondera /i.nɔ̃.dʁa/ | inonderons /i.nɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | inonderez /i.nɔ̃.dʁe/ | inonderont /i.nɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | inonderais /i.nɔ̃.dʁɛ/ | inonderais /i.nɔ̃.dʁɛ/ | inonderait /i.nɔ̃.dʁɛ/ | inonderions /i.nɔ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/ | inonderiez /i.nɔ̃.də.ʁje/ | inonderaient /i.nɔ̃.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 | inonde /i.nɔ̃d/ | inondes /i.nɔ̃d/ | inonde /i.nɔ̃d/ | inondions /i.nɔ̃.djɔ̃/ | inondiez /i.nɔ̃.dje/ | inondent /i.nɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect2 | inondasse /i.nɔ̃.das/ | inondasses /i.nɔ̃.das/ | inondât /i.nɔ̃.da/ | inondassions /i.nɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃/ | inondassiez /i.nɔ̃.da.sje/ | inondassent /i.nɔ̃.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | inonde /i.nɔ̃d/ | — | inondons /i.nɔ̃.dɔ̃/ | inondez /i.nɔ̃.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- inondable
- inondateur
- inondation
Further reading
- “inonder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “inonder” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.