abandonner

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French abandoner a ban doner ("give up to banishment"), from Frankish *bann, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

abandonner

  1. to give up
    Synonym: laisser tomber
  2. to abandon, forsake

See also

Conjugation
Conjugation of abandonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle abandonnant
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɑ̃/
past participle abandonné
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.ne/
infinitive
simple abandonner
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple abandonnant
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present abandonne
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn/		 abandonnes
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn/		 abandonne
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn/		 abandonnons
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɔ̃/		 abandonnez
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.ne/		 abandonnent
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn/
imperfect abandonnais
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɛ/		 abandonnais
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɛ/		 abandonnait
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɛ/		 abandonnions
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.njɔ̃/		 abandonniez
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nje/		 abandonnaient
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 abandonnai
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.ne/		 abandonnas
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.na/		 abandonna
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.na/		 abandonnâmes
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nam/		 abandonnâtes
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nat/		 abandonnèrent
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɛʁ/
future abandonnerai
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁe/		 abandonneras
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁa/		 abandonnera
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁa/		 abandonnerons
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/		 abandonnerez
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁe/		 abandonneront
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional abandonnerais
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁɛ/		 abandonnerais
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁɛ/		 abandonnerait
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn.ʁɛ/		 abandonnerions
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 abandonneriez
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nə.ʁje/		 abandonneraient
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn.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 abandonne
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn/		 abandonnes
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn/		 abandonne
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn/		 abandonnions
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.njɔ̃/		 abandonniez
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nje/		 abandonnent
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn/
imperfect2 abandonnasse
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nas/		 abandonnasses
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nas/		 abandonnât
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.na/		 abandonnassions
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.na.sjɔ̃/		 abandonnassiez
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.na.sje/		 abandonnassent
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — abandonne
/a.bɑ̃.dɔn/		 — abandonnons
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɔ̃/		 abandonnez
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ.ne/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French abandoner.

Verb

abandonner

  1. to abandon

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of abandonner
simple compound
infinitive abandonner avoir abandonné
gerund en abandonnant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle abandonnant
past participle abandonné
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present abandonne abandonnes abandonne abandonnons abandonnez abandonnent
imperfect abandonnois, abandonnoys abandonnois, abandonnoys abandonnoit, abandonnoyt abandonnions, abandonnyons abandonniez, abandonnyez abandonnoient, abandonnoyent
past historic abandonna abandonnas abandonna abandonnasmes abandonnastes abandonnerent
future abandonnerai, abandonneray abandonneras abandonnera abandonnerons abandonnerez abandonneront
conditional abandonnerois, abandonneroys abandonnerois, abandonneroys abandonneroit, abandonneroyt abandonnerions, abandonneryons abandonneriez, abandonneryez abandonneroient, abandonneroyent
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present abandonne abandonnes abandonne abandonnons abandonnez abandonnent
imperfect abandonnasse abandonnasses abandonnast abandonnassions abandonnassiez abandonnassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— abandonne — abandonnons abandonnez —

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