ordonner

French

Etymology

From Middle French ordonner, from Old French ordiner, borrowed from Latin ordinare, present active infinitive of ordino. Spelling influenced by donner (“give”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔʁ.dɔ.ne/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

ordonner

  1. to arrange, to organise, sort out (put in order)
    ordonner sa vie - to sort out one's life
  2. to prescribe (e.g. medicine)
  3. to prescribe, to order (give an order)
  4. (religion) to ordain

Conjugation
Conjugation of ordonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle ordonnant
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃/
past participle ordonné
/ɔʁ.dɔ.ne/
infinitive
simple ordonner
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple ordonnant
/ɔʁ.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 ordonne
/ɔʁ.dɔn/		 ordonnes
/ɔʁ.dɔn/		 ordonne
/ɔʁ.dɔn/		 ordonnons
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nɔ̃/		 ordonnez
/ɔʁ.dɔ.ne/		 ordonnent
/ɔʁ.dɔn/
imperfect ordonnais
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nɛ/		 ordonnais
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nɛ/		 ordonnait
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nɛ/		 ordonnions
/ɔʁ.dɔ.njɔ̃/		 ordonniez
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nje/		 ordonnaient
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 ordonnai
/ɔʁ.dɔ.ne/		 ordonnas
/ɔʁ.dɔ.na/		 ordonna
/ɔʁ.dɔ.na/		 ordonnâmes
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nam/		 ordonnâtes
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nat/		 ordonnèrent
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nɛʁ/
future ordonnerai
/ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁe/		 ordonneras
/ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁa/		 ordonnera
/ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁa/		 ordonnerons
/ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/		 ordonnerez
/ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁe/		 ordonneront
/ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional ordonnerais
/ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁɛ/		 ordonnerais
/ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁɛ/		 ordonnerait
/ɔʁ.dɔn.ʁɛ/		 ordonnerions
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 ordonneriez
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nə.ʁje/		 ordonneraient
/ɔʁ.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 ordonne
/ɔʁ.dɔn/		 ordonnes
/ɔʁ.dɔn/		 ordonne
/ɔʁ.dɔn/		 ordonnions
/ɔʁ.dɔ.njɔ̃/		 ordonniez
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nje/		 ordonnent
/ɔʁ.dɔn/
imperfect2 ordonnasse
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nas/		 ordonnasses
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nas/		 ordonnât
/ɔʁ.dɔ.na/		 ordonnassions
/ɔʁ.dɔ.na.sjɔ̃/		 ordonnassiez
/ɔʁ.dɔ.na.sje/		 ordonnassent
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ordonne
/ɔʁ.dɔn/		 — ordonnons
/ɔʁ.dɔ.nɔ̃/		 ordonnez
/ɔʁ.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).

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French ordiner, and influenced by donner.

Verb

ordonner

  1. to command; to order; to decree

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of ordonner
simple compound
infinitive ordonner avoir ordonné
gerund en ordonnant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle ordonnant
past participle ordonné
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 ordonne ordonnes ordonne ordonnons ordonnez ordonnent
imperfect ordonnois, ordonnoys ordonnois, ordonnoys ordonnoit, ordonnoyt ordonnions, ordonnyons ordonniez, ordonnyez ordonnoient, ordonnoyent
past historic ordonna ordonnas ordonna ordonnasmes ordonnastes ordonnerent
future ordonnerai, ordonneray ordonneras ordonnera ordonnerons ordonnerez ordonneront
conditional ordonnerois, ordonneroys ordonnerois, ordonneroys ordonneroit, ordonneroyt ordonnerions, ordonneryons ordonneriez, ordonneryez ordonneroient, ordonneroyent
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 ordonne ordonnes ordonne ordonnons ordonnez ordonnent
imperfect ordonnasse ordonnasses ordonnast ordonnassions ordonnassiez ordonnassent
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 –
— ordonne — ordonnons ordonnez —

Descendants

Norman

Etymology

From Old French ordiner, borrowed from Latin ōrdinō, ōrdināre (“arrange, put in order; rule, govern; ordain, appoint to office”), from ōrdō (“methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series”) and influenced by donner.

Verb

ordonner

  1. (Jersey) to order
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