espandre

Middle French

Etymology

Latin expandō.

Verb

espandre

  1. to spread out; to expand

Old French

Etymology

From Latin expandō.

Verb

espandre

  1. to spread out
    • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 171 of this essay:
      Tu dois entendre que matiere melancolique ou elle se espant par tout le corps
      Tu must understand that the melancholic material spreads around the whole body
  2. (of a flower) to blossom
  3. (figuratively) to destroy, to massacre

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 espandre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive espandre avoir espandu
gerund en espandant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle espandant
past participle espandu
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present espant espanz espant espandons espandez espandent
imperfect espandoie, espandeie espandoies, espandeies espandoit, espandeit espandiiens, espandiens espandiiez, espandiez espandoient, espandeient
preterite espandi espandis espandié espandimes espandistes espandierent
future espandrai espandras espandra espandrons espandroiz, espandreiz, espandrez espandront
conditional espandroie, espandreie espandroies, espandreies espandroit, espandreit espandriiens, espandriens espandriiez, espandriez espandroient, espandreient
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 espande espandes espande espandons espandez espandent
imperfect espandisse espandisses espandist espandissons, espandissiens espandissoiz, espandissez, espandissiez espandissent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— espant — espandons espandez —

Descendants
  • English: spawn, expand
  • French: épandre
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