abonder
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French abonder, borrowed from Latin abundāre, present active infinitive of abundō (“abound in”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.bɔ̃.de/
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Verb
abonder
- to be found in large amounts; to abound
- (transitive) to abound; to teem; to be swarming or overflowing with (object marked with en, rarely de)
- (transitive, Europe, finance) to contribute financing to
Conjugation
Conjugation of abonder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | abonder | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | abondant /a.bɔ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | abondé /a.bɔ̃.de/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | abonde /a.bɔ̃d/ | abondes /a.bɔ̃d/ | abonde /a.bɔ̃d/ | abondons /a.bɔ̃.dɔ̃/ | abondez /a.bɔ̃.de/ | abondent /a.bɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect | abondais /a.bɔ̃.dɛ/ | abondais /a.bɔ̃.dɛ/ | abondait /a.bɔ̃.dɛ/ | abondions /a.bɔ̃.djɔ̃/ | abondiez /a.bɔ̃.dje/ | abondaient /a.bɔ̃.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | abondai /a.bɔ̃.de/ | abondas /a.bɔ̃.da/ | abonda /a.bɔ̃.da/ | abondâmes /a.bɔ̃.dam/ | abondâtes /a.bɔ̃.dat/ | abondèrent /a.bɔ̃.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | abonderai /a.bɔ̃.dʁe/ | abonderas /a.bɔ̃.dʁa/ | abondera /a.bɔ̃.dʁa/ | abonderons /a.bɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | abonderez /a.bɔ̃.dʁe/ | abonderont /a.bɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | abonderais /a.bɔ̃.dʁɛ/ | abonderais /a.bɔ̃.dʁɛ/ | abonderait /a.bɔ̃.dʁɛ/ | abonderions /a.bɔ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/ | abonderiez /a.bɔ̃.də.ʁje/ | abonderaient /a.bɔ̃.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 | abonde /a.bɔ̃d/ | abondes /a.bɔ̃d/ | abonde /a.bɔ̃d/ | abondions /a.bɔ̃.djɔ̃/ | abondiez /a.bɔ̃.dje/ | abondent /a.bɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect2 | abondasse /a.bɔ̃.das/ | abondasses /a.bɔ̃.das/ | abondât /a.bɔ̃.da/ | abondassions /a.bɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃/ | abondassiez /a.bɔ̃.da.sje/ | abondassent /a.bɔ̃.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | abonde /a.bɔ̃d/ | — | abondons /a.bɔ̃.dɔ̃/ | abondez /a.bɔ̃.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
- abondement
- abonder dans le sens
Further reading
- “abonder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Verb
abonder
- to abound (be plentiful)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of abonder (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | abonder | avoir abondé | |||||
| gerund | en abondant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | abondant | ||||||
| past participle | abondé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | abont | abondes | abonde | abondons | abondez | abondent |
| imperfect | abondoie, abondeie, abondoe, abondeve | abondoies, abondeies, abondoes, abondeves | abondoit, abondeit, abondot, abondeve | abondiiens, abondiens | abondiiez, abondiez | abondoient, abondeient, abondoent, abondevent | |
| preterite | abondai | abondas | abonda | abondames | abondastes | abonderent | |
| future | abonderai | abonderas | abondera | abonderons | abonderoiz, abondereiz, abonderez | abonderont | |
| conditional | abonderoie, abondereie | abonderoies, abondereies | abonderoit, abondereit | abonderiiens, abonderiens | abonderiiez, abonderiez | abonderoient, abondereient | |
| 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 | abont | abonz | abont | abondons | abondez | abondent |
| imperfect | abondasse | abondasses | abondast | abondissons, abondissiens | abondissoiz, abondissez, abondissiez | abondassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | abonde | — | abondons | abondez | — | ||