contondre
French, verb/kɔ̃.tɔ̃dʁ/
contondre is a French verb meaning “to produce contusions; bruise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Frapper ; donner des coups”.
What does contondre mean in English?
verb
- 1
archaicto hit; to give blows
- 2
to produce contusions; bruise
- 3
to grind with a mortar
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Frapper ; donner des coups. 2. Produire des contusions ; contusionner. 3. Broyer au mortier.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of contondre
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- contondant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- contondu participle past
- contonds first-person indicative present
- contond indicative present singular
- contondons first-person indicative plural
- contondez indicative plural present
- contondent indicative plural present
- contondais first-person imperfect indicative
- contondait imperfect indicative singular
- contondions first-person imperfect indicative
- contondiez imperfect indicative plural
- contondaient imperfect indicative plural
- contondis first-person historic indicative
- contondit historic indicative past
- contondîmes first-person historic indicative
- contondîtes historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contondre?
- /kɔ̃.tɔ̃dʁ/
- \kɔ̃.tɔ̃dʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.