morfondre
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French morfondre. Cognate with English morfound.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]morfondre
- (transitive, dated) to depress, bore
- Son attitude hautaine morfondait les jeunes gens.
- His haughty attitude bored the youngsters.
- (transitive, dated) to cool
- Le vent glacial nous morfondait.
- The glacial wind chilled us.
- (reflexive) mope around
- Seule dans sa chambre elle se morfondait toute la journée.
- Alone in her room, she moped around all day long.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of morfondre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | morfondre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | morfondant /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | morfondu /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dy/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | morfonds /mɔʁ.fɔ̃/ |
morfonds /mɔʁ.fɔ̃/ |
morfond /mɔʁ.fɔ̃/ |
morfondons /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
morfondez /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.de/ |
morfondent /mɔʁ.fɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect | morfondais /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɛ/ |
morfondais /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɛ/ |
morfondait /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɛ/ |
morfondions /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
morfondiez /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dje/ |
morfondaient /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | morfondis /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di/ |
morfondis /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di/ |
morfondit /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di/ |
morfondîmes /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dim/ |
morfondîtes /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dit/ |
morfondirent /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.diʁ/ | |
| future | morfondrai /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁe/ |
morfondras /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁa/ |
morfondra /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁa/ |
morfondrons /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
morfondrez /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁe/ |
morfondront /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | morfondrais /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
morfondrais /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
morfondrait /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
morfondrions /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
morfondriez /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁi.je/ |
morfondraient /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.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 | morfonde /mɔʁ.fɔ̃d/ |
morfondes /mɔʁ.fɔ̃d/ |
morfonde /mɔʁ.fɔ̃d/ |
morfondions /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
morfondiez /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dje/ |
morfondent /mɔʁ.fɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect2 | morfondisse /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dis/ |
morfondisses /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dis/ |
morfondît /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di/ |
morfondissions /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
morfondissiez /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di.sje/ |
morfondissent /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | morfonds /mɔʁ.fɔ̃/ |
— | morfondons /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
morfondez /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of se morfondre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se morfondre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se morfondant /sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | morfondu /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dy/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me morfonds /mə mɔʁ.fɔ̃/ |
te morfonds /tə mɔʁ.fɔ̃/ |
se morfond /sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃/ |
nous morfondons /nu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɔ̃/ |
vous morfondez /vu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.de/ |
se morfondent /sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect | me morfondais /mə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɛ/ |
te morfondais /tə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɛ/ |
se morfondait /sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɛ/ |
nous morfondions /nu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
vous morfondiez /vu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dje/ |
se morfondaient /sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me morfondis /mə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di/ |
te morfondis /tə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di/ |
se morfondit /sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di/ |
nous morfondîmes /nu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dim/ |
vous morfondîtes /vu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dit/ |
se morfondirent /sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.diʁ/ | |
| future | me morfondrai /mə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁe/ |
te morfondras /tə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁa/ |
se morfondra /sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁa/ |
nous morfondrons /nu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
vous morfondrez /vu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁe/ |
se morfondront /sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me morfondrais /mə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
te morfondrais /tə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
se morfondrait /sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ |
nous morfondrions /nu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
vous morfondriez /vu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁi.je/ |
se morfondraient /sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me morfonde /mə mɔʁ.fɔ̃d/ |
te morfondes /tə mɔʁ.fɔ̃d/ |
se morfonde /sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃d/ |
nous morfondions /nu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.djɔ̃/ |
vous morfondiez /vu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dje/ |
se morfondent /sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃d/ |
| imperfect2 | me morfondisse /mə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dis/ |
te morfondisses /tə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dis/ |
se morfondît /sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di/ |
nous morfondissions /nu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ |
vous morfondissiez /vu mɔʁ.fɔ̃.di.sje/ |
se morfondissent /sə mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | morfonds-toi /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.twa/ |
— | morfondons-nous /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.dɔ̃.nu/ |
morfondez-vous /mɔʁ.fɔ̃.de.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
[edit]- “morfondre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]mor (“snout”) + fondre. The first part comes from Franco-Provençal mor, more (“snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”), and the second from Latin fundere.
Verb
[edit]morfondre
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Middle English: morfounden, morefounden
- English: morfound
References
[edit]- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (morfondre)
- morfondre on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
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