bondir
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *bombitire, formed from Latin bombus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔ̃.diʁ/
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Verb
bondir
- to bounce, spring, jump
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of bondir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | bondir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | bondissant /bɔ̃.di.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | bondi /bɔ̃.di/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | bondis /bɔ̃.di/ | bondis /bɔ̃.di/ | bondit /bɔ̃.di/ | bondissons /bɔ̃.di.sɔ̃/ | bondissez /bɔ̃.di.se/ | bondissent /bɔ̃.dis/ |
imperfect | bondissais /bɔ̃.di.sɛ/ | bondissais /bɔ̃.di.sɛ/ | bondissait /bɔ̃.di.sɛ/ | bondissions /bɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ | bondissiez /bɔ̃.di.sje/ | bondissaient /bɔ̃.di.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | bondis /bɔ̃.di/ | bondis /bɔ̃.di/ | bondit /bɔ̃.di/ | bondîmes /bɔ̃.dim/ | bondîtes /bɔ̃.dit/ | bondirent /bɔ̃.diʁ/ | |
future | bondirai /bɔ̃.di.ʁe/ | bondiras /bɔ̃.di.ʁa/ | bondira /bɔ̃.di.ʁa/ | bondirons /bɔ̃.di.ʁɔ̃/ | bondirez /bɔ̃.di.ʁe/ | bondiront /bɔ̃.di.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | bondirais /bɔ̃.di.ʁɛ/ | bondirais /bɔ̃.di.ʁɛ/ | bondirait /bɔ̃.di.ʁɛ/ | bondirions /bɔ̃.di.ʁjɔ̃/ | bondiriez /bɔ̃.di.ʁje/ | bondiraient /bɔ̃.di.ʁɛ/ | |
(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 | bondisse /bɔ̃.dis/ | bondisses /bɔ̃.dis/ | bondisse /bɔ̃.dis/ | bondissions /bɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ | bondissiez /bɔ̃.di.sje/ | bondissent /bɔ̃.dis/ |
imperfect2 | bondisse /bɔ̃.dis/ | bondisses /bɔ̃.dis/ | bondît /bɔ̃.di/ | bondissions /bɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ | bondissiez /bɔ̃.di.sje/ | bondissent /bɔ̃.dis/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | bondis /bɔ̃.di/ | — | bondissons /bɔ̃.di.sɔ̃/ | bondissez /bɔ̃.di.se/ | — | |
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). |
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Further reading
- “bondir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Verb
bondir
- to keep; to retain
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of bondir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | bondir | avoir bondi | |||||
gerund | en bondissant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | bondissant | ||||||
past participle | bondi | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses | present | bondis | bondis | bondist | bondissons | bondissez | bondissent |
imperfect | bondissoie, bondisseie | bondissoies, bondisseies | bondissoit, bondisseit | bondissiiens, bondissiens | bondissiiez, bondissiez | bondissoient, bondisseient | |
preterite | bondi | bondis | bondi | bondimes | bondistes | bondirent | |
future | bondirai | bondiras | bondira | bondirons | bondiroiz, bondireiz, bondirez | bondiront | |
conditional | bondiroie, bondireie | bondiroies, bondireies | bondiroit, bondireit | bondiriiens, bondiriens | bondiriiez, bondiriez | bondiroient, bondireient | |
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 | bondisse | bondisses | bondisse | bondissons | bondissez | bondissent |
imperfect | bondisse | bondisses | bondist | bondissons, bondissiens | bondissoiz, bondissez, bondissiez | bondissent | |
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 | – | |
— | bondis | — | bondissons | bondissez | — |