engendrer

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French engendrer, from Old French engendrer, from Latin ingenerāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.dʁe/ === Verb === engendrer (transitive) to generate, spawn, beget ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “engendrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French engendrer. === Verb === engendrer to engender; to beget (by extension) to create; to make ==== Conjugation ==== Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive. ==== Descendants ==== French: engendrer == Old French == === Alternative forms === angenrer, engenrer === Etymology === Inherited from Latin ingenerāre. === Verb === engendrer to engender; to beget Jean de Mandeville, Le livre des merveilles du monde, ed. C. Deluz, Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes 31, Paris, 2000. Available via the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub La comaunda ly angele a Adam q'il cohabistast ovesqez sa femme, si engendra Seth du quel tribu Jhesu Crist nasquy Then the angel commanded to Adam that he have sex with his wife, so he begat Seth, from which the tribe of Jesus Christ was born to cause; to bring about; to generate ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: engendrerFrench: engendrer Picard: ingindrer → Middle English: engendrenEnglish: engender → Old Galician-Portuguese: engendrar Galician: enxendrar Portuguese: engendrar → Old Spanish: engendrar Spanish: engendrar