attendre in French dictionary

  • attendre

    Meanings and definitions of "attendre"

    • Se retenir d'agir ou de bouger pendant quelque temps, ou jusqu'à un certain évènement arrive.
    • mettre ses espérances dans quelque chose
    • attendre (avec plaisir, avec impatience)
    • dominer (visuel)

    Synonyms of "attendre" in French dictionary

    patienter, souhaiter, musarder are the top synonyms of "attendre" in the French thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of attendre

    • (Verb) This verb is one of a fairly large group of -re verbs, sometimes called the regular -re verbs (-endre, -ondre, -andre, -erdre and -ordre), that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include vendre and perdre.    Conjugation of attendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
      simple compound
      infinitive attendre avoir attendu
      gerund en attendant en ayant attendu
      present participle attendant
      past participle attendu
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simpletenses present attends attends attend attendons attendez attendent
      imperfect attendais attendais attendait attendions attendiez attendaient
      past historic1 attendis attendis attendit attendîmes attendîtes attendirent
      future attendrai attendras attendra attendrons attendrez attendront
      conditional attendrais attendrais attendrait attendrions attendriez attendraient
      compoundtenses present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
      simpletenses present attende attendes attende attendions attendiez attendent
      imperfect1 attendisse attendisses attendît attendissions attendissiez attendissent
      compoundtenses past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — attends — attendons attendez —
      1literary tenses
    • Conjugation of attendre
      simple compound
      infinitive attendre avoir attendu
      gerund en attendant en ayant attendu
      present participle attendant
      /a.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/
      past participle attendu
      /a.tɑ̃.dy/
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simple
      tenses       		present attends
      /a.tɑ̃/       		attends
      /a.tɑ̃/       		attend
      /a.tɑ̃/       		attendons
      /a.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/       		attendez
      /a.tɑ̃.de/       		attendent
      /a.tɑ̃d/
      imperfect attendais
      /a.tɑ̃.dɛ/       		attendais
      /a.tɑ̃.dɛ/       		attendait
      /a.tɑ̃.dɛ/       		attendions
      /a.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/       		attendiez
      /a.tɑ̃.dje/       		attendaient
      /a.tɑ̃.dɛ/
      past historic1 attendis
      /a.tɑ̃.di/       		attendis
      /a.tɑ̃.di/       		attendit
      /a.tɑ̃.di/       		attendîmes
      /a.tɑ̃.dim/       		attendîtes
      /a.tɑ̃.dit/       		attendirent
      /a.tɑ̃.diʁ/
      future attendrai
      /a.tɑ̃.dʁe/       		attendras
      /a.tɑ̃.dʁa/       		attendra
      /a.tɑ̃.dʁa/       		attendrons
      /a.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/       		attendrez
      /a.tɑ̃.dʁe/       		attendront
      /a.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
      conditional attendrais
      /a.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/       		attendrais
      /a.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/       		attendrait
      /a.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/       		attendrions
      /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/       		attendriez
      /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.je/       		attendraient
      /a.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/
      compound
      tenses       		present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
      simple
      tenses       		present attende
      /a.tɑ̃d/       		attendes
      /a.tɑ̃d/       		attende
      /a.tɑ̃d/       		attendions
      /a.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/       		attendiez
      /a.tɑ̃.dje/       		attendent
      /a.tɑ̃d/
      imperfect1 attendisse
      /a.tɑ̃.dis/       		attendisses
      /a.tɑ̃.dis/       		attendît
      /a.tɑ̃.di/       		attendissions
      /a.tɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/       		attendissiez
      /a.tɑ̃.di.sje/       		attendissent
      /a.tɑ̃.dis/
      compound
      tenses       		past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — attends
      /a.tɑ̃/       		— attendons
      /a.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/       		attendez
      /a.tɑ̃.de/       		—
      1literary tenses
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