deffendre

Middle French

Verb

deffendre

1. to defend

Old French

Alternative forms

• defandre
• defendre
• desfendre

Etymology

From Latin dēfendō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (early) /deˈfendɾə/
• IPA^(key): (late) /deˈfandɾə/

Verb

deffendre

1. (transitive) to defend

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		deffendre			avoir deffendu
gerund		en deffendant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		deffendant
past participle		deffendu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	deffent	deffenz	deffent	deffendons	deffendez	deffendent
	imperfect	deffendoie, deffendeie	deffendoies, deffendeies	deffendoit, deffendeit	deffendiiens, deffendiens	deffendiiez, deffendiez	deffendoient, deffendeient
	preterite	deffendi	deffendis	deffendié	deffendimes	deffendistes	deffendierent
	future	deffendrai	deffendras	deffendra	deffendrons	deffendroiz, deffendreiz, deffendrez	deffendront
	conditional	deffendroie, deffendreie	deffendroies, deffendreies	deffendroit, deffendreit	deffendriiens, deffendriens	deffendriiez, deffendriez	deffendroient, deffendreient
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	deffende	deffendes	deffende	deffendons	deffendez	deffendent
	imperfect	deffendisse	deffendisses	deffendist	deffendissons, deffendissiens	deffendissoiz, deffendissez, deffendissiez	deffendissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	deffent	—	deffendons	deffendez	—

Related terms

• deffense

Descendants

• English: defend
• Norman: d'fendre
• French: défendre