geindre

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛ̃dʁ/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French giembre, inherited from Latin gemere. Doublet of gémir.

Verb

geindre

1. to moan, groan

   Synonyms: gémir, lamenter

Conjugation

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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Etymology 2

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

• gindre

Noun

geindre m (plural geindres)

1. (obsolete) a worker who kneads dough in a bakery

Further reading

• “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

• dénigre, dénigré, gredine

Norman

Etymology

From Old French giembre, from Latin gemō, gemere.

Verb

geindre

1. (Jersey) to moan