vendre

See also: vendré

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan vendre, from Latin vēndere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛn.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvən.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈven.dɾe]

Verb

vendre (first-person singular present venc, first-person singular preterite venguí, past participle venut); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. to sell

   Antonym: comprar

Conjugation

infinitive			vendre
gerund			venent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		venut		venuda
		plural		venuts		venudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	venc	vens	ven	venem	veneu	venen
	imperfect	venia	venies	venia	veníem	veníeu	venien
	future	vendré	vendràs	vendrà	vendrem	vendreu	vendran
	preterite	venguí	vengueres	vengué	venguérem	venguéreu	vengueren
	conditional	vendria	vendries	vendria	vendríem	vendríeu	vendrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vengui	venguis	vengui	venguem	vengueu	venguin
	imperfect	vengués	venguessis	vengués	venguéssim	venguéssiu	venguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	ven	vengui	venguem	veneu	venguin
	negative (no)	—	no venguis	no vengui	no venguem	no vengueu	no venguin

    Conjugation of vendre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

Related terms

• venda
• vendible
• vendició
• venedor

References

• “vendre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “vendre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “vendre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “vendre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vēndere.

Verb

vendre (ORB, broad)

1. to sell

   Celi livro sè vend bien. ― This book is selling well.

Conjugation

		simple			compound
infinitive		vendre			avêr vendu
past participle		vendu			-
gerund		vendent			èyent vendu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je	te	il	nos	vos	ils
	present	vendo	vends	vend	vendens	vendéds	vendont
	imperfect	vendien	vendias	vendiêt	vendians	vendiâds	vendiant
	preterite	vendi	vendis	vendit	vendirons	vendites, vendirâds	vendiront
	future	vendré	vendrés	vendrat	vendrens	vendréds	vendront
conditional		vendren	vendrias	vendrêt	vendrians	vendriâds	vendriant
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avêr plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avêr plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avêr plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avêr plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avêr plus the past participle
subjunctive		que je	que te	qu'il	que nos	que vos	qu'ils
	present	vendo	vendes	vende	vendans	vendiâds	vendant
	imperfect	vendissen	vendissias	vendisse	vendissians	vendissiâds	vendissant
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avêr plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avêr plus the past participle
imperative		-	te	-	nos	vos	-
			vends		vendens	vendéds

    Conjugation of vendre - 3rd group verb

References

• vendre in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• vendre in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French vendre, from Latin vēndere.

• Cognate with Italian vendere, Spanish vender

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑ̃dʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [vɔ̃n]
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃dʁ

Verb

vendre

1. (transitive) to sell
2. (reflexive, as se vendre) to sell

   Ce livre s’est vendu à des millions d’exemplaires. ― This book has sold millions of copies.

3. (transitive) to sell out (betray)

Conjugation

infinitive	simple	vendre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	vendant /vɑ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		vendu /vɑ̃.dy/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	vends /vɑ̃/	vends /vɑ̃/	vend /vɑ̃/	vendons /vɑ̃.dɔ̃/	vendez /vɑ̃.de/	vendent /vɑ̃d/
	imperfect	vendais /vɑ̃.dɛ/	vendais /vɑ̃.dɛ/	vendait /vɑ̃.dɛ/	vendions /vɑ̃.djɔ̃/	vendiez /vɑ̃.dje/	vendaient /vɑ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	vendis /vɑ̃.di/	vendis /vɑ̃.di/	vendit /vɑ̃.di/	vendîmes /vɑ̃.dim/	vendîtes /vɑ̃.dit/	vendirent /vɑ̃.diʁ/
	future	vendrai /vɑ̃.dʁe/	vendras /vɑ̃.dʁa/	vendra /vɑ̃.dʁa/	vendrons /vɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/	vendrez /vɑ̃.dʁe/	vendront /vɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	vendrais /vɑ̃.dʁɛ/	vendrais /vɑ̃.dʁɛ/	vendrait /vɑ̃.dʁɛ/	vendrions /vɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	vendriez /vɑ̃.dʁi.je/	vendraient /vɑ̃.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	vende /vɑ̃d/	vendes /vɑ̃d/	vende /vɑ̃d/	vendions /vɑ̃.djɔ̃/	vendiez /vɑ̃.dje/	vendent /vɑ̃d/
	imperfect2	vendisse /vɑ̃.dis/	vendisses /vɑ̃.dis/	vendît /vɑ̃.di/	vendissions /vɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/	vendissiez /vɑ̃.di.sje/	vendissent /vɑ̃.dis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	vends /vɑ̃/	—	vendons /vɑ̃.dɔ̃/	vendez /vɑ̃.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).

Conjugation of vendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

Derived terms

• à vendre
• il ne faut pas vendre la peau de l’ours avant de l’avoir tué
• revendre
• vendre la mèche
• vendre père et mère
• vendre son âme au diable
• vendre son corps

Related terms

• vendeur

Descendants

• → English: vend
• Haitian Creole: vann

Further reading

• “vendre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• revend

Norman

Etymology

From Old French vendre, from Latin vēndere (“to sell”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

  (file)

Verb

vendre

1. (Jersey) to sell

   Antonym: acater

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan vendre, from Latin vēndere (“sell”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Verb

vendre

1. to sell

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• venda

Old French

Etymology

From Latin vēndere.

Pronunciation

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /ˈvendɾə/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /ˈvandɾə/

Verb

vendre

1. to sell

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

		simple			compound
infinitive		vendre			avoir vendu
gerund		en vendant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		vendant
past participle		vendu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	vent	venz	vent	vendons	vendez	vendent
	imperfect	vendoie, vendeie	vendoies, vendeies	vendoit, vendeit	vendiiens, vendiens	vendiiez, vendiez	vendoient, vendeient
	preterite	vendi	vendis	vendié	vendimes	vendistes	vendierent
	future	vendrai	vendras	vendra	vendrons	vendroiz, vendreiz, vendrez	vendront
	conditional	vendroie, vendreie	vendroies, vendreies	vendroit, vendreit	vendriiens, vendriens	vendriiez, vendriez	vendroient, vendreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	vende	vendes	vende	vendons	vendez	vendent
	imperfect	vendisse	vendisses	vendist	vendissons, vendissiens	vendissoiz, vendissez, vendissiez	vendissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	vent	—	vendons	vendez	—

    Conjugation of vendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

Related terms

• vendeor

Descendants

• French: vendre
• Dutch: vendu
  • → English: vendue
• Norman: vendre
• Walloon: vinde

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin vēndere (“sell”).

Verb

vendre

1. to sell

Descendants

• Occitan: vendre

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vēndere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 231