tondre

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɔn.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈton.dɾe]

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

    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

• tonedor
• tosa

Related terms

• tonsura
• tosquirar

Further reading

• “tondre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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/

• Audio:

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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).

Related terms

• tondeur
• tonsure

Further reading

• “tondre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Comment-conjuguer.fr - online conjugation of "tondre"

Anagrams

• dorent, dronte, endort, rodent, rôdent

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

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “tondēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 13: To–Tyrus, page 24