tondre

Catalan

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/; (Valencian) /o/

  1. to crop
  2. to shear

Conjugation
    Conjugation of tondre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)
infinitive tondre
gerund tonent
past participle masculine feminine
singular tos tosa
plural tosos toses
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present tonc tons ton tonem toneu tonen
imperfect tonia tonies tonia toníem toníeu tonien
future tondré tondràs tondrà tondrem tondreu tondran
preterite tonguí tongueres tongué tonguérem tonguéreu tongueren
conditional tondria tondries tondria tondríem tondríeu tondrien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present tongui tonguis tongui tonguem tongueu tonguin
imperfect tongués tonguessis tongués tonguéssim tonguéssiu tonguessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós		 vostès
affirmative — ton tongui tonguem toneu tonguin
negative (no) — no tonguis no tongui no tonguem no tongueu no tonguin

Derived terms

Further reading

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
Conjugation of tondre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
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).

Further reading

Anagrams

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, present active infinitive of tondeō.

Verb

tondre

  1. to shave (remove hair by cutting)

Descendants
  • Occitan: tondre, tónder

References
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