mordre
French
Etymology
From Old French mordre, from Vulgar Latin *mordere, from Latin mordēre, present active infinitive of mordeō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔʁdʁ/
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Verb
mordre
- to bite
- (by extension) to take the bait intentionally
- to encroach
Conjugation
Conjugation of mordre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | mordre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | mordant /mɔʁ.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | mordu /mɔʁ.dy/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | mords /mɔʁ/ | mords /mɔʁ/ | mord /mɔʁ/ | mordons /mɔʁ.dɔ̃/ | mordez /mɔʁ.de/ | mordent /mɔʁd/ |
| imperfect | mordais /mɔʁ.dɛ/ | mordais /mɔʁ.dɛ/ | mordait /mɔʁ.dɛ/ | mordions /mɔʁ.djɔ̃/ | mordiez /mɔʁ.dje/ | mordaient /mɔʁ.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | mordis /mɔʁ.di/ | mordis /mɔʁ.di/ | mordit /mɔʁ.di/ | mordîmes /mɔʁ.dim/ | mordîtes /mɔʁ.dit/ | mordirent /mɔʁ.diʁ/ | |
| future | mordrai /mɔʁ.dʁe/ | mordras /mɔʁ.dʁa/ | mordra /mɔʁ.dʁa/ | mordrons /mɔʁ.dʁɔ̃/ | mordrez /mɔʁ.dʁe/ | mordront /mɔʁ.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | mordrais /mɔʁ.dʁɛ/ | mordrais /mɔʁ.dʁɛ/ | mordrait /mɔʁ.dʁɛ/ | mordrions /mɔʁ.dʁi.jɔ̃/ | mordriez /mɔʁ.dʁi.je/ | mordraient /mɔʁ.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 | morde /mɔʁd/ | mordes /mɔʁd/ | morde /mɔʁd/ | mordions /mɔʁ.djɔ̃/ | mordiez /mɔʁ.dje/ | mordent /mɔʁd/ |
| imperfect2 | mordisse /mɔʁ.dis/ | mordisses /mɔʁ.dis/ | mordît /mɔʁ.di/ | mordissions /mɔʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ | mordissiez /mɔʁ.di.sje/ | mordissent /mɔʁ.dis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | mords /mɔʁ/ | — | mordons /mɔʁ.dɔ̃/ | mordez /mɔʁ.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
- à la mords-moi-le-nœud
- c'est le chat qui se mord la queue
- c'est le serpent qui se mord la queue
- chien qui aboie ne mord pas
- mordre à l'hameçon
- mordre la poussière
- mordre sur sa chique
- s'en mordre les doigts
Related terms
- morsure
- morceau
Further reading
- “mordre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *mordere, from Latin mordēre, present active infinitive of mordeō.
Verb
mordre
- to bite
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 mordre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | mordre | avoir mors | |||||
| gerund | en mordant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | mordant | ||||||
| past participle | mors | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | mort | morz | mort | mordons | mordez | mordent |
| imperfect | mordoie, mordeie | mordoies, mordeies | mordoit, mordeit | mordiiens, mordiens | mordiiez, mordiez | mordoient, mordeient | |
| preterite | mors | morsis | morst | morsimes | morsistes | morstrent | |
| future | mordrai | mordras | mordra | mordrons | mordroiz, mordreiz, mordrez | mordront | |
| conditional | mordroie, mordreie | mordroies, mordreies | mordroit, mordreit | mordriiens, mordriens | mordriiez, mordriez | mordroient, mordreient | |
| 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 | morde | mordes | morde | mordons | mordez | mordent |
| imperfect | morsisse | morsisses | morsist | morsissons, morsissiens | morsissoiz, morsissez, morsissiez | morsissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | mort | — | mordons | mordez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: mordre