Vendez

Vendez is a form of the French verb vendre, meaning to sell. It appears as the second-person plural present indicative: vous vendez, and as the imperative form vendez, used to address a group or to issue a command to someone formally. In other tenses the stem is vend-: je vends, tu vends, il vend, nous vendons, ils vendent. The past participle is vendu, and the present participle is vendant.

Etymology and related forms trace back to Old French vendre, which itself derives from Latin vendere. The French verb belongs to the third conjugation (-re verbs) and follows regular patterns in many tenses, with irregularities confined to spelling and pronoun placement rather than stem changes.

Usage notes include its role in statements about selling as well as in commands. Examples include “Vous vendez des pommes” (You sell apples) and the imperative “Vendez ce produit” (Sell this product). The form vendez is commonly encountered in commerce, advertising, and everyday speech when addressing several people or using the polite form.

See also vendre; conjugation resources and French grammar references provide comprehensive tables for all tenses and moods of this verb.