gondoler

Danish

Noun

gondoler c

1. indefinite plural of gondol

French

Etymology

From gondole +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.le/

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Verb

gondoler

1. (nautical, intransitive) (of boats) to curve at the bow and stern like a gondola
2. (intransitive) to warp, deform (usually due to moisture)
   • 1869, Gustave Flaubert, L'Éducation Sentimentale:

     Afin d’éviter les gerçures de ses faïences, il mêlait de la chaux à son argile; mais les pièces se brisaient pour la plupart, l’émail de ses peintures sur cru bouillonnait, ses grandes plaques gondolaient.

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3. (reflexive) to warp
4. (reflexive, informal) to bend over laughing, to split one's sides

Conjugation

Conjugation of gondoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	gondoler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	gondolant /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gondolé /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gondole /ɡɔ̃.dɔl/	gondoles /ɡɔ̃.dɔl/	gondole /ɡɔ̃.dɔl/	gondolons /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.lɔ̃/	gondolez /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.le/	gondolent /ɡɔ̃.dɔl/
	imperfect	gondolais /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.lɛ/	gondolais /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.lɛ/	gondolait /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.lɛ/	gondolions /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.ljɔ̃/	gondoliez /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.lje/	gondolaient /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.lɛ/
	past historic2	gondolai /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.le/	gondolas /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.la/	gondola /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.la/	gondolâmes /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.lam/	gondolâtes /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.lat/	gondolèrent /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.lɛʁ/
	future	gondolerai /ɡɔ̃.dɔl.ʁe/	gondoleras /ɡɔ̃.dɔl.ʁa/	gondolera /ɡɔ̃.dɔl.ʁa/	gondolerons /ɡɔ̃.dɔl.ʁɔ̃/	gondolerez /ɡɔ̃.dɔl.ʁe/	gondoleront /ɡɔ̃.dɔl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	gondolerais /ɡɔ̃.dɔl.ʁɛ/	gondolerais /ɡɔ̃.dɔl.ʁɛ/	gondolerait /ɡɔ̃.dɔl.ʁɛ/	gondolerions /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	gondoleriez /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.lə.ʁje/	gondoleraient /ɡɔ̃.dɔl.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	gondole /ɡɔ̃.dɔl/	gondoles /ɡɔ̃.dɔl/	gondole /ɡɔ̃.dɔl/	gondolions /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.ljɔ̃/	gondoliez /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.lje/	gondolent /ɡɔ̃.dɔl/
	imperfect2	gondolasse /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.las/	gondolasses /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.las/	gondolât /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.la/	gondolassions /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.la.sjɔ̃/	gondolassiez /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.la.sje/	gondolassent /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gondole /ɡɔ̃.dɔl/	—	gondolons /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.lɔ̃/	gondolez /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.le/	—
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).

References

• “gondoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “gondoler” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

gondoler m

1. indefinite plural of gondol

Swedish

Noun

gondoler

1. indefinite plural of gondol