respondre

Inherited from Old Catalan respondre, from Late Latin respondere, from Latin respondēre. The modern Catalan conjugations reflect contamination from the unrelated pondre (“lay, set”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəsˈpɔn.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [resˈpɔn.dɾe]

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respondre (first-person singular present responc, first-person singular preterite responguí, past participle respost); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to reply; to respond

• “respondre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old French respondre.

respondre

1. to reply; to respond

• French: répondre

From Old Occitan respondre, from Late Latin respondere, from Latin respondēre.

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respondre

1. reply; respond

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• respoundre, respundre (Anglo-Norman)

From Late Latin respondere, from Latin respondēre.

respondre

1. reply, respond

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• respondeor

• response

• Middle French: respondre
  • French: répondre
• Norman: rêpondre (Jersey), répounre
• → Middle English: respounden
  • English: respond