French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French espraindre, from Old French espreindre, espraindre, inherited from Vulgar Latin *expremere, from Latin exprimere. Doublet of exprimer, a borrowing.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /e.pʁɛ̃dʁ/
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Verb edit

épreindre

  1. (archaic, rare) to squeeze out, draw out by pressing, to extract
    Synonyms: extraire, exprimer

Conjugation edit

This verb is conjugated like peindre. It uses the same endings as rendre or vendre, but its -nd- becomes -gn- before a vowel, and its past participle ends in 't' instead of a vowel.

Further reading edit