bondir

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *bombitire, formed from Latin bombus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̃.diʁ/

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Verb

bondir

1. to bounce, spring, jump

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of bondir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bondir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bondissant /bɔ̃.di.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bondi /bɔ̃.di/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bondis /bɔ̃.di/	bondis /bɔ̃.di/	bondit /bɔ̃.di/	bondissons /bɔ̃.di.sɔ̃/	bondissez /bɔ̃.di.se/	bondissent /bɔ̃.dis/
	imperfect	bondissais /bɔ̃.di.sɛ/	bondissais /bɔ̃.di.sɛ/	bondissait /bɔ̃.di.sɛ/	bondissions /bɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/	bondissiez /bɔ̃.di.sje/	bondissaient /bɔ̃.di.sɛ/
	past historic2	bondis /bɔ̃.di/	bondis /bɔ̃.di/	bondit /bɔ̃.di/	bondîmes /bɔ̃.dim/	bondîtes /bɔ̃.dit/	bondirent /bɔ̃.diʁ/
	future	bondirai /bɔ̃.di.ʁe/	bondiras /bɔ̃.di.ʁa/	bondira /bɔ̃.di.ʁa/	bondirons /bɔ̃.di.ʁɔ̃/	bondirez /bɔ̃.di.ʁe/	bondiront /bɔ̃.di.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bondirais /bɔ̃.di.ʁɛ/	bondirais /bɔ̃.di.ʁɛ/	bondirait /bɔ̃.di.ʁɛ/	bondirions /bɔ̃.di.ʁjɔ̃/	bondiriez /bɔ̃.di.ʁje/	bondiraient /bɔ̃.di.ʁɛ/
(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	bondisse /bɔ̃.dis/	bondisses /bɔ̃.dis/	bondisse /bɔ̃.dis/	bondissions /bɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/	bondissiez /bɔ̃.di.sje/	bondissent /bɔ̃.dis/
	imperfect2	bondisse /bɔ̃.dis/	bondisses /bɔ̃.dis/	bondît /bɔ̃.di/	bondissions /bɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/	bondissiez /bɔ̃.di.sje/	bondissent /bɔ̃.dis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bondis /bɔ̃.di/	—	bondissons /bɔ̃.di.sɔ̃/	bondissez /bɔ̃.di.se/	—
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

• rebondir
• bondissement

Further reading

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

Old French

Verb

bondir

1. to keep; to retain

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		bondir			avoir bondi
gerund		en bondissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		bondissant
past participle		bondi
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	bondis	bondis	bondist	bondissons	bondissez	bondissent
	imperfect	bondissoie, bondisseie	bondissoies, bondisseies	bondissoit, bondisseit	bondissiiens, bondissiens	bondissiiez, bondissiez	bondissoient, bondisseient
	preterite	bondi	bondis	bondi	bondimes	bondistes	bondirent
	future	bondirai	bondiras	bondira	bondirons	bondiroiz, bondireiz, bondirez	bondiront
	conditional	bondiroie, bondireie	bondiroies, bondireies	bondiroit, bondireit	bondiriiens, bondiriens	bondiriiez, bondiriez	bondiroient, bondireient
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	bondisse	bondisses	bondisse	bondissons	bondissez	bondissent
	imperfect	bondisse	bondisses	bondist	bondissons, bondissiens	bondissoiz, bondissez, bondissiez	bondissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	bondis	—	bondissons	bondissez	—