suspendre

See also: suspendré

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suspendere, present active infinitive of suspendō.

Verb

suspendre (first-person singular present suspenc, past participle suspès)

to suspend, to hang
to suspend, to hold off, defer momentarily
to suspend from work, duties, etc.
to fail, to not pass, to flunk

Conjugation

Conjugation of suspendre (second conjugation with velar infix, irregular past participle)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			suspendre
present participle			suspenent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		suspès		suspesa
		plural		suspesos		suspeses
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	suspenc	suspens	suspèn	suspenem	suspeneu	suspenen
	imperfect	suspenia	suspenies	suspenia	suspeníem	suspeníeu	suspenien
	future	suspendré	suspendràs	suspendrà	suspendrem	suspendreu	suspendran
	preterite	suspenguí	suspengueres	suspengué	suspenguérem	suspenguéreu	suspengueren
	conditional	suspendria	suspendries	suspendria	suspendríem	suspendríeu	suspendrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	suspengui	suspenguis	suspengui	suspenguem	suspengueu	suspenguin
	imperfect	suspengués	suspenguessis	suspengués	suspenguéssim	suspenguéssiu	suspenguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
imperative		—	suspèn	suspengui	suspenguem	suspeneu	suspenguin

Related terms

suspensió

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suspendere, present active infinitive of suspendō. Cf. also Old French souspendre, soupendre, which disappeared under the influence of the Latin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sys.pɑ̃dʁ/
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Verb

suspendre

to suspend (hang freely)
to suspend (temporarily cancel or expel)

Conjugation

Conjugation of suspendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		suspendre			avoir suspendu
gerund		en suspendant			en ayant suspendu
present participle		suspendant /sys.pɑ̃.dɑ̃/
past participle		suspendu /sys.pɑ̃.dy/
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	suspends /sys.pɑ̃/	suspends /sys.pɑ̃/	suspend /sys.pɑ̃/	suspendons /sys.pɑ̃.dɔ̃/	suspendez /sys.pɑ̃.de/	suspendent /sys.pɑ̃d/
	imperfect	suspendais /sys.pɑ̃.dɛ/	suspendais /sys.pɑ̃.dɛ/	suspendait /sys.pɑ̃.dɛ/	suspendions /sys.pɑ̃.djɔ̃/	suspendiez /sys.pɑ̃.dje/	suspendaient /sys.pɑ̃.dɛ/
	past historic¹	suspendis /sys.pɑ̃.di/	suspendis /sys.pɑ̃.di/	suspendit /sys.pɑ̃.di/	suspendîmes /sys.pɑ̃.dim/	suspendîtes /sys.pɑ̃.dit/	suspendirent /sys.pɑ̃.diʁ/
	future	suspendrai /sys.pɑ̃.dʁe/	suspendras /sys.pɑ̃.dʁa/	suspendra /sys.pɑ̃.dʁa/	suspendrons /sys.pɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/	suspendrez /sys.pɑ̃.dʁe/	suspendront /sys.pɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	suspendrais /sys.pɑ̃.dʁɛ/	suspendrais /sys.pɑ̃.dʁɛ/	suspendrait /sys.pɑ̃.dʁɛ/	suspendrions /sys.pɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	suspendriez /sys.pɑ̃.dʁi.je/	suspendraient /sys.pɑ̃.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	suspende /sys.pɑ̃d/	suspendes /sys.pɑ̃d/	suspende /sys.pɑ̃d/	suspendions /sys.pɑ̃.djɔ̃/	suspendiez /sys.pɑ̃.dje/	suspendent /sys.pɑ̃d/
simple tenses	imperfect¹	suspendisse /sys.pɑ̃.dis/	suspendisses /sys.pɑ̃.dis/	suspendît /sys.pɑ̃.di/	suspendissions /sys.pɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/	suspendissiez /sys.pɑ̃.di.sje/	suspendissent /sys.pɑ̃.dis/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect¹	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	suspends /sys.pɑ̃/	—	suspendons /sys.pɑ̃.dɔ̃/	suspendez /sys.pɑ̃.de/	—
¹literary tenses

suspendre

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