abandonner

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.ne/

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• Homophones: abandonnai, abandonné, abandonnée, abandonnées, abandonnés, abandonnez

Verb

abandonner

1. to give up

   Synonym: laisser tomber

2. to abandon, forsake

Conjugation

Conjugation of abandonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	abandonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	abandonnant /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		abandonné /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	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 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).

Descendants

• → Norwegian Bokmål: abandonere
• Romanian: abandona
• → Romagnol: abandunêr

See also

• abandon

Further reading

• “abandonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

infinitive	simple	abandonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	abandonnant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		abandonné
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	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	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	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	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	abandonne	—	abandonnons	abandonnez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: abandonner
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: abandonere