inonder

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inundāre. Compare Italian inondare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.nɔ̃.de/

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Verb

inonder

1. to flood (to overflow)
2. to inundate

   Antonym: exonder

Conjugation

Conjugation of inonder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	inonder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	inondant /i.nɔ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		inondé /i.nɔ̃.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	inonde /i.nɔ̃d/	inondes /i.nɔ̃d/	inonde /i.nɔ̃d/	inondons /i.nɔ̃.dɔ̃/	inondez /i.nɔ̃.de/	inondent /i.nɔ̃d/
	imperfect	inondais /i.nɔ̃.dɛ/	inondais /i.nɔ̃.dɛ/	inondait /i.nɔ̃.dɛ/	inondions /i.nɔ̃.djɔ̃/	inondiez /i.nɔ̃.dje/	inondaient /i.nɔ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	inondai /i.nɔ̃.de/	inondas /i.nɔ̃.da/	inonda /i.nɔ̃.da/	inondâmes /i.nɔ̃.dam/	inondâtes /i.nɔ̃.dat/	inondèrent /i.nɔ̃.dɛʁ/
	future	inonderai /i.nɔ̃.dʁe/	inonderas /i.nɔ̃.dʁa/	inondera /i.nɔ̃.dʁa/	inonderons /i.nɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/	inonderez /i.nɔ̃.dʁe/	inonderont /i.nɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	inonderais /i.nɔ̃.dʁɛ/	inonderais /i.nɔ̃.dʁɛ/	inonderait /i.nɔ̃.dʁɛ/	inonderions /i.nɔ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/	inonderiez /i.nɔ̃.də.ʁje/	inonderaient /i.nɔ̃.dʁɛ/
(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	inonde /i.nɔ̃d/	inondes /i.nɔ̃d/	inonde /i.nɔ̃d/	inondions /i.nɔ̃.djɔ̃/	inondiez /i.nɔ̃.dje/	inondent /i.nɔ̃d/
	imperfect2	inondasse /i.nɔ̃.das/	inondasses /i.nɔ̃.das/	inondât /i.nɔ̃.da/	inondassions /i.nɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃/	inondassiez /i.nɔ̃.da.sje/	inondassent /i.nɔ̃.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	inonde /i.nɔ̃d/	—	inondons /i.nɔ̃.dɔ̃/	inondez /i.nɔ̃.de/	—
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).

Derived terms

• inondable
• inondateur
• inondation

 

Further reading

• “inonder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “inonder” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.