Suspendent

Suspendent is the third-person plural present indicative form of the French verb suspendre, meaning to suspend or to hang up. It is used with subjects such as ils or elles, and translates to “they suspend.” The standard present tense conjugation of suspendre is: je suspends, tu suspends, il/elle suspend, nous suspendons, vous suspendez, ils/elles suspendent. Thus suspendent specifically corresponds to the form used when the subject is plural.

Etymology and related forms: suspendre derives from the Latin suspendere, composed of sub- (up, up to) and pendere (to hang). The French verb retains the core meaning of hanging or suspending something, and its related nouns include suspension (suspension) and suspendu (suspended) as the past participle.

Usage notes: In modern French, suspendre is a transitive verb used to describe temporarily stopping an activity, hanging an object, or delaying a process. The form suspendent appears only as the present tense for third-person plural; it is not used for singular subjects. When discussing the action in past or future contexts, other tenses or periphrastic constructions are employed (e.g., ils suspendront for “they will suspend” or ils ont suspendu for “they suspended”).

Cross-linguistic context: In English-language texts, suspendent may appear only as a quoted French form or in bilingual materials; it is not an English word. A closely related Latin verb with a similar meaning is suspendo, whose present indicative plural is suspendunt, reflecting a different phonology and spelling.

See also: suspend, suspension, suspendre, suspender.

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