mordre

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mordre, from Vulgar Latin *mordĕre, from Latin mordēre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɔʁdʁ/
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Verb

mordre

  1. to bite
    (by extension) to take the bait intentionally
  2. 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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • 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).

Derived terms

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mordĕre, from Latin mordēre.

Verb

mordre

  1. 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 gerund of avoir + 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 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 morde mordes morde mordons mordez mordent
imperfect morsisse morsisses morsist morsissons, morsissiens morsissoiz, morsissez, morsissiez morsissent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— mort — mordons mordez —

Descendants
  • French: mordre
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