"demander" meaning in French

See demander in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /də.mɑ̃.de/ Audio: Fr-demander.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French demander, from Old French demander, from Latin demandāre. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|demander|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French demander, {{inh+|fr|frm|demander}} Inherited from Middle French demander, {{inh|fr|fro|demander}} Old French demander, {{inh|fr|la|demandō|demandāre}} Latin demandāre Head templates: {{fr-verb}} demander Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], demander [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], demandant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], demandé [participle, past], demande [first-person, indicative, present, singular], demandes [indicative, present, second-person, singular], demande [indicative, present, singular, third-person], demandons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], demandez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], demandent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], demandais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], demandais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], demandait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], demandions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], demandiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], demandaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], demandai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], demandas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], demanda [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], demandâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], demandâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], demandèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], demanderai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], demanderas [future, indicative, second-person, singular], demandera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], demanderons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], demanderez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], demanderont [future, indicative, plural, third-person], demanderais [conditional, first-person, singular], demanderais [conditional, second-person, singular], demanderait [conditional, singular, third-person], demanderions [conditional, first-person, plural], demanderiez [conditional, plural, second-person], demanderaient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], demande [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], demandes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], demande [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], demandions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], demandiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], demandent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], demandasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], demandasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], demandât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], demandassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], demandassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], demandassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], demande [imperative, second-person, singular], demandons [first-person, imperative, plural], demandez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (transitive) to ask [with à ‘someone’] Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-demander-fr-verb-SeJNAP0V Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 54 37 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 47 32 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 32 20
  2. (transitive) to request Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-demander-fr-verb-3fYSGD8X Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 24 51 24
  3. (reflexive) to wonder Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-demander-fr-verb-AckllXqz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: demande, demander conseil, demander la lune, demander la parole, demander pardon, demandeur, partir sans demander son reste, que demande le peuple Related terms: commander, mander, poser

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "demande"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "demander conseil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "demander la lune"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "demander la parole"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "demander pardon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "demandeur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "partir sans demander son reste"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "que demande le peuple"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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          "expansion": "Saint Dominican Creole French: mandé\nHaitian Creole: mande",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saint Dominican Creole French: mandé\nHaitian Creole: mande"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "glossary"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "frm",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French demander",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
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        "4": "demandāre"
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    }
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "demander",
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    },
    {
      "form": "avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandant",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.dɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayant + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "demandé",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.de/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "demande",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃d/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "demandes",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃d/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demande",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃d/",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandons",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.dɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandez",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "demandent",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "demandais",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.dɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "demandais",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.dɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandait",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.dɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandions",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.djɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandiez",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.dje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandaient",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.dɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandai",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.de/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "demandas",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.da/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demanda",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.da/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandâmes",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.dam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandâtes",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.dat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandèrent",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.dɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demanderai",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.dʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demanderas",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.dʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandera",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.dʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demanderons",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demanderez",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.dʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demanderont",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demanderais",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demanderais",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demanderait",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demanderions",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demanderiez",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.də.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demanderaient",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demande",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃d/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandes",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃d/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demande",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃d/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandions",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.djɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandiez",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.dje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandent",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃d/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandasse",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.das/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandasses",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.das/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandât",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.da/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandassions",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.da.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandassiez",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.da.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandassent",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.das/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demande",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃d/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandons",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.dɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "demandez",
      "ipa": "/də.mɑ̃.de/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "demander",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "commander"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mander"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "poser"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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          "parents": [
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          "_dis": "54 37 8",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 32 20",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to ask around",
          "text": "demander autour de soi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I asked the moon and the sun doesn't know.",
          "text": "J’ai demandé à la lune et le soleil ne le sait pas.",
          "type": "example"
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      "word": "commander"
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          "text": "demander autour de soi",
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          "english": "I asked the moon and the sun doesn't know.",
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          "english": "She wondered what she had to do.",
          "text": "Elle s’est demandé ce qu’elle devait faire.",
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-31 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (bcd5c38 and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.