cintrer
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Vulgar Latin *cinctūrāre, from cinctūra (whence French ceinture). Compare the French coinage ceinturer.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcintrer
- (transitive) to bend
- (transitive) to vault
- (transitive) to take in [at the waist]
Conjugation
editConjugation of cintrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | cintrer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | cintrant /sɛ̃.tʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | cintré /sɛ̃.tʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | cintre /sɛ̃tʁ/ |
cintres /sɛ̃tʁ/ |
cintre /sɛ̃tʁ/ |
cintrons /sɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
cintrez /sɛ̃.tʁe/ |
cintrent /sɛ̃tʁ/ |
imperfect | cintrais /sɛ̃.tʁɛ/ |
cintrais /sɛ̃.tʁɛ/ |
cintrait /sɛ̃.tʁɛ/ |
cintrions /sɛ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
cintriez /sɛ̃.tʁi.je/ |
cintraient /sɛ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | cintrai /sɛ̃.tʁe/ |
cintras /sɛ̃.tʁa/ |
cintra /sɛ̃.tʁa/ |
cintrâmes /sɛ̃.tʁam/ |
cintrâtes /sɛ̃.tʁat/ |
cintrèrent /sɛ̃.tʁɛʁ/ | |
future | cintrerai /sɛ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ |
cintreras /sɛ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ |
cintrera /sɛ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ |
cintrerons /sɛ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
cintrerez /sɛ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ |
cintreront /sɛ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | cintrerais /sɛ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
cintrerais /sɛ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
cintrerait /sɛ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
cintrerions /sɛ̃.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cintreriez /sɛ̃.tʁə.ʁje/ |
cintreraient /sɛ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
(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 | cintre /sɛ̃tʁ/ |
cintres /sɛ̃tʁ/ |
cintre /sɛ̃tʁ/ |
cintrions /sɛ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
cintriez /sɛ̃.tʁi.je/ |
cintrent /sɛ̃tʁ/ |
imperfect2 | cintrasse /sɛ̃.tʁas/ |
cintrasses /sɛ̃.tʁas/ |
cintrât /sɛ̃.tʁa/ |
cintrassions /sɛ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
cintrassiez /sɛ̃.tʁa.sje/ |
cintrassent /sɛ̃.tʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | cintre /sɛ̃tʁ/ |
— | cintrons /sɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
cintrez /sɛ̃.tʁe/ |
— | |
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). |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “cintrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.