acorder

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *accordāre, derived from Latin cor (“heart”).

Verb

acorder

1. to concede; to allow
2. (reflexive, s'acorder) to agree; to come to an agreement

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of acorder (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		acorder			avoir acordé
gerund		en acordant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		acordant
past participle		acordé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	acort	acordes	acorde	acordons	acordez	acordent
	imperfect	acordoie, acordeie, acordoe, acordeve	acordoies, acordeies, acordoes, acordeves	acordoit, acordeit, acordot, acordeve	acordiiens, acordiens	acordiiez, acordiez	acordoient, acordeient, acordoent, acordevent
	preterite	acordai	acordas	acorda	acordames	acordastes	acorderent
	future	acorderai	acorderas	acordera	acorderons	acorderoiz, acordereiz, acorderez	acorderont
	conditional	acorderoie, acordereie	acorderoies, acordereies	acorderoit, acordereit	acorderiiens, acorderiens	acorderiiez, acorderiez	acorderoient, acordereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	acort	acorz	acort	acordons	acordez	acordent
	imperfect	acordasse	acordasses	acordast	acordissons, acordissiens	acordissoiz, acordissez, acordissiez	acordassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	acorde	—	acordons	acordez	—

Derived terms

• acort
• acordement

Descendants

• Middle French: accorder
  • French: accorder
    • → Romanian: acorda
• Franc-Comtois: aicouédjaie
• → Middle English: accorden, acorden, acordin
  • English: accord