defendre

See also: defendré, and défendre

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan defendre, from Latin dēfendere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dəˈfɛn.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [deˈfen.dɾe]

Verb

defendre (first-person singular present defenc, first-person singular preterite defenguí, past participle defès); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/

1. to defend
2. to prohibit, to forbid

Conjugation

    Conjugation of defendre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			defendre
gerund			defenent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		defès		defesa
		plural		defesos		defeses
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	defenc	defens	defèn	defenem	defeneu	defenen
	imperfect	defenia	defenies	defenia	defeníem	defeníeu	defenien
	future	defendré	defendràs	defendrà	defendrem	defendreu	defendran
	preterite	defenguí	defengueres	defengué	defenguérem	defenguéreu	defengueren
	conditional	defendria	defendries	defendria	defendríem	defendríeu	defendrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	defengui	defenguis	defengui	defenguem	defengueu	defenguin
	imperfect	defengués	defenguessis	defengués	defenguéssim	defenguéssiu	defenguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	defèn	defengui	defenguem	defeneu	defenguin
	negative (no)	—	no defenguis	no defengui	no defenguem	no defengueu	no defenguin

Synonyms

• defensar

Related terms

• defensa

Further reading

• “defendre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “defendre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “defendre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “defendre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan defendre, from Latin dēfendere, present active infinitive of dēfendō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

defendre

1. to defend

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin dēfendere, present active infinitive of dēfendō.

Verb

defendre

1. 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 defendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		defendre			avoir defendu
gerund		en defendant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		defendant
past participle		defendu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	defent	defenz	defent	defendons	defendez	defendent
	imperfect	defendoie, defendeie	defendoies, defendeies	defendoit, defendeit	defendiiens, defendiens	defendiiez, defendiez	defendoient, defendeient
	preterite	defendi	defendis	defendié	defendimes	defendistes	defendierent
	future	defendrai	defendras	defendra	defendrons	defendroiz, defendreiz, defendrez	defendront
	conditional	defendroie, defendreie	defendroies, defendreies	defendroit, defendreit	defendriiens, defendriens	defendriiez, defendriez	defendroient, defendreient
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	defende	defendes	defende	defendons	defendez	defendent
	imperfect	defendisse	defendisses	defendist	defendissons, defendissiens	defendissoiz, defendissez, defendissiez	defendissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	defent	—	defendons	defendez	—

Descendants

• → English: defend

Old Occitan

Etymology

Latin defendō. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French defendre.

Verb

defendre

1. to defend

Descendants

• Occitan: defendre