correspondre

See also: correspondré

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin correspondēre.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

correspondre (first-person singular present corresponc, first-person singular preterite corresponguí, past participle correspost); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to correspond

Conjugation

    Conjugation of correspondre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			correspondre
gerund			corresponent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		correspost		corresposta
		plural		corresposts, correspostos		correspostes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	corresponc	correspons	correspon	corresponem	corresponeu	corresponen
	imperfect	corresponia	corresponies	corresponia	corresponíem	corresponíeu	corresponien
	future	correspondré	correspondràs	correspondrà	correspondrem	correspondreu	correspondran
	preterite	corresponguí	correspongueres	correspongué	corresponguérem	corresponguéreu	correspongueren
	conditional	correspondria	correspondries	correspondria	correspondríem	correspondríeu	correspondrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	correspongui	corresponguis	correspongui	corresponguem	correspongueu	corresponguin
	imperfect	correspongués	corresponguessis	correspongués	corresponguéssim	corresponguéssiu	corresponguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	correspon	correspongui	corresponguem	corresponeu	corresponguin
	negative (no)	—	no corresponguis	no correspongui	no corresponguem	no correspongueu	no corresponguin

Related terms

• correspondència
• correspondent

Further reading

• “correspondre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “correspondre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “correspondre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “correspondre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin correspondēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃dʁ/

• Audio (Paris):

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Verb

correspondre

1. to correspond

   Le Québec est une province du Canada dont les frontières correspondent au territoire de la nation québécoise.

   Quebec is a province of Canada whose borders correspond to the territory of the Quebecois nation.

2. to write to

Conjugation

Conjugation of correspondre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	correspondre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	correspondant /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		correspondu /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dy/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	corresponds /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃/	corresponds /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃/	correspond /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃/	correspondons /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɔ̃/	correspondez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.de/	correspondent /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/
	imperfect	correspondais /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɛ/	correspondais /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɛ/	correspondait /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɛ/	correspondions /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.djɔ̃/	correspondiez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dje/	correspondaient /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	correspondis /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di/	correspondis /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di/	correspondit /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di/	correspondîmes /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dim/	correspondîtes /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dit/	correspondirent /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.diʁ/
	future	correspondrai /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁe/	correspondras /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁa/	correspondra /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁa/	correspondrons /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/	correspondrez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁe/	correspondront /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	correspondrais /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɛ/	correspondrais /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɛ/	correspondrait /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁɛ/	correspondrions /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	correspondriez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dʁi.je/	correspondraient /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.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	corresponde /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/	correspondes /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/	corresponde /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/	correspondions /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.djɔ̃/	correspondiez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dje/	correspondent /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃d/
	imperfect2	correspondisse /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dis/	correspondisses /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dis/	correspondît /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di/	correspondissions /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/	correspondissiez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.di.sje/	correspondissent /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	corresponds /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃/	—	correspondons /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.dɔ̃/	correspondez /kɔ.ʁɛs.pɔ̃.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).

Related terms

• correspondance
• correspondant

Further reading

• “correspondre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin correspondēre.

Verb

correspondre

1. to correspond (of two or more people, to mutually respond to one another)

Old French

Etymology

First known attestation circa 1330, from Medieval Latin correspondēre.

Verb

correspondre

1. to correspond
2. to write to

Conjugation

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.

    Conjugation of correspondre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		correspondre			avoir correspondu, correspons
gerund		en correspondant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		correspondant
past participle		correspondu, correspons
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	correspoing, correspon	corresponz	correspont	correspondons	correspondez	correspondent
	imperfect	correspondoie, correspondeie	correspondoies, correspondeies	correspondoit, correspondeit	correspondiiens, correspondiens	correspondiiez, correspondiez	correspondoient, correspondeient
	preterite	correspondi	correspondis	correspondié, correspost	correspondimes	correspondistes	correspondierent
	future	correspondrai	correspondras	correspondra	correspondrons	correspondroiz, correspondreiz, correspondrez	correspondront
	conditional	correspondroie, correspondreie	correspondroies, correspondreies	correspondroit, correspondreit	correspondriiens, correspondriens	correspondriiez, correspondriez	correspondroient, correspondreient
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	correspoigne, corresponde	correspoignes, correspondes	correspoigne, corresponde	correspoignons, correspondons	correspoignez, correspondez	correspoignent, correspondent
	imperfect	correspondisse	correspondisses	correspondist	correspondissons, correspondissiens	correspondissoiz, correspondissez, correspondissiez	correspondissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	correspont	—	correspondons	correspondez	—

Further reading

• Etymology and history of “correspondre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (correspondre, supplement)