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accorder

to grant (something to someone); to link to, to be related to

Usage

Accorder covers granting something (accorder une faveur, un prêt), tuning an instrument (accorder un piano), and grammatical agreement (accorder l'adjectif avec le nom). The reflexive s'accorder means to get along or to match/agree.

Examples
  • Le juge lui a accordé une remise de peine.The judge granted him a reduced sentence.
  • Le technicien accorde le piano avant le concert.The technician tunes the piano before the concert.
  • Il faut accorder l'adjectif avec le nom qu'il qualifie.You have to make the adjective agree with the noun it describes.
Common mistake

Learners forget the grammar sense entirely — accorder is the verb French grammar books use for noun-adjective and subject-verb agreement, a very different meaning from "to grant" that trips up learners moving from vocabulary study to grammar explanations.

In real life
  • expression "Accorder ses violons"A well-known fixed expression meaning "to get on the same page/reach agreement," with roots traced to a 15th-century form ("raccorder ses vielles") before settling into its modern violin imagery.

Simple tenses

Present

jeaccorde
tuaccordes
il/elleaccorde
nousaccordons
vousaccordez
ils/ellesaccordent

Imperfect

jeaccordais
tuaccordais
il/elleaccordait
nousaccordions
vousaccordiez
ils/ellesaccordaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jeaccordai
tuaccordas
il/elleaccorda
nousaccordâmes
vousaccordâtes
ils/ellesaccordèrent

Future

jeaccorderai
tuaccorderas
il/elleaccordera
nousaccorderons
vousaccorderez
ils/ellesaccorderont

Conditional

jeaccorderais
tuaccorderais
il/elleaccorderait
nousaccorderions
vousaccorderiez
ils/ellesaccorderaient

Subjunctive

jeaccorde
tuaccordes
il/elleaccorde
nousaccordions
vousaccordiez
ils/ellesaccordent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jeaccordasse
tuaccordasses
il/elleaccordât
nousaccordassions
vousaccordassiez
ils/ellesaccordassent

Imperative

tuaccorde
nousaccordons
vousaccordez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

jeai accordé
tuas accordé
il/ellea accordé
nousavons accordé
vousavez accordé
ils/ellesont accordé

Plus-que-parfait

jeavais accordé
tuavais accordé
il/elleavait accordé
nousavions accordé
vousaviez accordé
ils/ellesavaient accordé

Passé antérieur

jeeus accordé
tueus accordé
il/elleeut accordé
nouseûmes accordé
vouseûtes accordé
ils/elleseurent accordé

Futur antérieur

jeaurai accordé
tuauras accordé
il/elleaura accordé
nousaurons accordé
vousaurez accordé
ils/ellesauront accordé

Conditionnel passé

jeaurais accordé
tuaurais accordé
il/elleaurait accordé
nousaurions accordé
vousauriez accordé
ils/ellesauraient accordé

Subjonctif passé

jeaie accordé
tuaies accordé
il/elleait accordé
nousayons accordé
vousayez accordé
ils/ellesaient accordé

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

jeeusse accordé
tueusses accordé
il/elleeût accordé
nouseussions accordé
vouseussiez accordé
ils/elleseussent accordé

Impératif passé

tuaie accordé
nousayons accordé
vousayez accordé

Other

Present participle

accordant

Past participle

accordé

Infinitive

accorder

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Frequently asked questions

What does "accorder" mean?

"accorder" means "to grant (something to someone); to link to, to be related to".

How do you conjugate "accorder" in the present tense?

The present of "accorder" is: je accorde, tu accordes, il/elle accorde, nous accordons, vous accordez, ils/elles accordent.

What is the Passé composé of "accorder"?

The passé composé of "accorder" is: je ai accordé, tu as accordé, il/elle a accordé, nous avons accordé, vous avez accordé, ils/elles ont accordé.

What is the Imperative of "accorder"?

The imperative of "accorder" is: tu accorde, nous accordons, vous accordez.