geindre
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old French giembre, inherited from Latin gemere. Doublet of gémir.
Verb edit
geindre
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.
Conjugation of geindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | geindre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | geignant /ʒɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /ʒe.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | geint /ʒɛ̃/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | geins /ʒɛ̃/ |
geins /ʒɛ̃/ |
geint /ʒɛ̃/ |
geignons /ʒɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /ʒe.ɲɔ̃/ |
geignez /ʒɛ.ɲe/ or /ʒe.ɲe/ |
geignent /ʒɛɲ/ |
| imperfect | geignais /ʒɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʒe.ɲɛ/ |
geignais /ʒɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʒe.ɲɛ/ |
geignait /ʒɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʒe.ɲɛ/ |
geignions /ʒɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /ʒe.ɲjɔ̃/ |
geigniez /ʒɛ.ɲje/ or /ʒe.ɲje/ |
geignaient /ʒɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʒe.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | geignis /ʒɛ.ɲi/ or /ʒe.ɲi/ |
geignis /ʒɛ.ɲi/ or /ʒe.ɲi/ |
geignit /ʒɛ.ɲi/ or /ʒe.ɲi/ |
geignîmes /ʒɛ.ɲim/ or /ʒe.ɲim/ |
geignîtes /ʒɛ.ɲit/ or /ʒe.ɲit/ |
geignirent /ʒɛ.ɲiʁ/ or /ʒe.ɲiʁ/ | |
| future | geindrai /ʒɛ̃.dʁe/ |
geindras /ʒɛ̃.dʁa/ |
geindra /ʒɛ̃.dʁa/ |
geindrons /ʒɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
geindrez /ʒɛ̃.dʁe/ |
geindront /ʒɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | geindrais /ʒɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
geindrais /ʒɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
geindrait /ʒɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
geindrions /ʒɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
geindriez /ʒɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
geindraient /ʒɛ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | geigne /ʒɛɲ/ |
geignes /ʒɛɲ/ |
geigne /ʒɛɲ/ |
geignions /ʒɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /ʒe.ɲjɔ̃/ |
geigniez /ʒɛ.ɲje/ or /ʒe.ɲje/ |
geignent /ʒɛɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | geignisse /ʒɛ.ɲis/ or /ʒe.ɲis/ |
geignisses /ʒɛ.ɲis/ or /ʒe.ɲis/ |
geignît /ʒɛ.ɲi/ or /ʒe.ɲi/ |
geignissions /ʒɛ.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ or /ʒe.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ |
geignissiez /ʒɛ.ɲi.sje/ or /ʒe.ɲi.sje/ |
geignissent /ʒɛ.ɲis/ or /ʒe.ɲis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | geins /ʒɛ̃/ |
— | geignons /ʒɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /ʒe.ɲɔ̃/ |
geignez /ʒɛ.ɲe/ or /ʒe.ɲe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Old French joindre, gaindre (direct case), inherited from Vulgar Latin *jŭnior, from Latin jūnior (nominative). Compare Old French gignor (from the Latin accusative). Doublet of junior, a recent borrowing.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
geindre m (plural geindres)
Further reading edit
- “geindre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “gindre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French giembre, from Latin gemō, gemere.
Verb edit
geindre