étendre

French

Etymology

From Middle French estendre, from Old French estendre, from Latin extendere, present active infinitive of extendō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /e.tɑ̃dʁ/
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Verb

étendre

  1. to stretch (the limbs)
  2. to spread
  3. to hang out (washing)
  4. to extend
  5. to enlarge, expand
  6. (reflexive) to expand upon; to discuss in greater detail
  7. to dilute; to water down

Conjugation
Conjugation of étendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle étendant
/e.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/
past participle étendu
/e.tɑ̃.dy/
infinitive
simple étendre
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple étendant
/e.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/
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 étends
/e.tɑ̃/		 étends
/e.tɑ̃/		 étend
/e.tɑ̃/		 étendons
/e.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/		 étendez
/e.tɑ̃.de/		 étendent
/e.tɑ̃d/
imperfect étendais
/e.tɑ̃.dɛ/		 étendais
/e.tɑ̃.dɛ/		 étendait
/e.tɑ̃.dɛ/		 étendions
/e.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/		 étendiez
/e.tɑ̃.dje/		 étendaient
/e.tɑ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 étendis
/e.tɑ̃.di/		 étendis
/e.tɑ̃.di/		 étendit
/e.tɑ̃.di/		 étendîmes
/e.tɑ̃.dim/		 étendîtes
/e.tɑ̃.dit/		 étendirent
/e.tɑ̃.diʁ/
future étendrai
/e.tɑ̃.dʁe/		 étendras
/e.tɑ̃.dʁa/		 étendra
/e.tɑ̃.dʁa/		 étendrons
/e.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/		 étendrez
/e.tɑ̃.dʁe/		 étendront
/e.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional étendrais
/e.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/		 étendrais
/e.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/		 étendrait
/e.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/		 étendrions
/e.tɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/		 étendriez
/e.tɑ̃.dʁi.je/		 étendraient
/e.tɑ̃.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 étende
/e.tɑ̃d/		 étendes
/e.tɑ̃d/		 étende
/e.tɑ̃d/		 étendions
/e.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/		 étendiez
/e.tɑ̃.dje/		 étendent
/e.tɑ̃d/
imperfect2 étendisse
/e.tɑ̃.dis/		 étendisses
/e.tɑ̃.dis/		 étendît
/e.tɑ̃.di/		 étendissions
/e.tɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/		 étendissiez
/e.tɑ̃.di.sje/		 étendissent
/e.tɑ̃.dis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — étends
/e.tɑ̃/		 — étendons
/e.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/		 étendez
/e.tɑ̃.de/		 —
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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