tondre

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Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tondĕre, variant of Latin tondēre. Cognate with French tondre.

Pronunciation

Verb

tondre (first-person singular present tonc, first-person singular preterite tonguí, past participle tos); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɔ/; (Valencia) /o/

  1. to crop
  2. to shear

Conjugation

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French tondre, from Vulgar Latin *tondĕre, variant of Latin tondēre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tend-, from *temh₂- (to cut).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔ̃dʁ/
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Verb

tondre

  1. (transitive) to shear (sheep)
  2. (transitive) to mow, cut (grass; a lawn)
  3. (transitive) to clip, cut (hair)
  4. (transitive) to shave (one's head)
  5. (transitive) to smooth, level (a surface)
  6. (informal, transitive) to rob, clean someone out

Conjugation

More information infinitive, simple ...
infinitive simple tondre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple tondant
/tɔ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle tondu
/tɔ̃.dy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)
present tonds
/tɔ̃/
tonds
/tɔ̃/
tond
/tɔ̃/
tondons
/tɔ̃.dɔ̃/
tondez
/tɔ̃.de/
tondent
/tɔ̃d/
imperfect tondais
/tɔ̃.dɛ/
tondais
/tɔ̃.dɛ/
tondait
/tɔ̃.dɛ/
tondions
/tɔ̃.djɔ̃/
tondiez
/tɔ̃.dje/
tondaient
/tɔ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 tondis
/tɔ̃.di/
tondis
/tɔ̃.di/
tondit
/tɔ̃.di/
tondîmes
/tɔ̃.dim/
tondîtes
/tɔ̃.dit/
tondirent
/tɔ̃.diʁ/
future tondrai
/tɔ̃.dʁe/
tondras
/tɔ̃.dʁa/
tondra
/tɔ̃.dʁa/
tondrons
/tɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
tondrez
/tɔ̃.dʁe/
tondront
/tɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional tondrais
/tɔ̃.dʁɛ/
tondrais
/tɔ̃.dʁɛ/
tondrait
/tɔ̃.dʁɛ/
tondrions
/tɔ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/
tondriez
/tɔ̃.dʁi.je/
tondraient
/tɔ̃.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 tonde
/tɔ̃d/
tondes
/tɔ̃d/
tonde
/tɔ̃d/
tondions
/tɔ̃.djɔ̃/
tondiez
/tɔ̃.dje/
tondent
/tɔ̃d/
imperfect2 tondisse
/tɔ̃.dis/
tondisses
/tɔ̃.dis/
tondît
/tɔ̃.di/
tondissions
/tɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/
tondissiez
/tɔ̃.di.sje/
tondissent
/tɔ̃.dis/
(compound
tenses)
past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative tu nous vous
simple tonds
/tɔ̃/
tondons
/tɔ̃.dɔ̃/
tondez
/tɔ̃.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:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse tundr.

Noun

tondre m (uncountable)

  1. (Jersey) tinder

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *tondĕre, variant of Latin tondēre.

Verb

tondre

  1. to shave (remove hair by cutting)

Descendants

  • Occitan: tondre, tónder

References

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