teindre

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French taindre, teindre, from Latin tingere, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to soak, dip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̃dʁ/

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Verb

teindre

1. to dye
2. to tint, tinge

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 teindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	teindre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	teignant /tɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /te.ɲɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		teint /tɛ̃/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	teins /tɛ̃/	teins /tɛ̃/	teint /tɛ̃/	teignons /tɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /te.ɲɔ̃/	teignez /tɛ.ɲe/ or /te.ɲe/	teignent /tɛɲ/
	imperfect	teignais /tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /te.ɲɛ/	teignais /tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /te.ɲɛ/	teignait /tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /te.ɲɛ/	teignions /tɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /te.ɲjɔ̃/	teigniez /tɛ.ɲje/ or /te.ɲje/	teignaient /tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /te.ɲɛ/
	past historic2	teignis /tɛ.ɲi/ or /te.ɲi/	teignis /tɛ.ɲi/ or /te.ɲi/	teignit /tɛ.ɲi/ or /te.ɲi/	teignîmes /tɛ.ɲim/ or /te.ɲim/	teignîtes /tɛ.ɲit/ or /te.ɲit/	teignirent /tɛ.ɲiʁ/ or /te.ɲiʁ/
	future	teindrai /tɛ̃.dʁe/	teindras /tɛ̃.dʁa/	teindra /tɛ̃.dʁa/	teindrons /tɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/	teindrez /tɛ̃.dʁe/	teindront /tɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	teindrais /tɛ̃.dʁɛ/	teindrais /tɛ̃.dʁɛ/	teindrait /tɛ̃.dʁɛ/	teindrions /tɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	teindriez /tɛ̃.dʁi.je/	teindraient /tɛ̃.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	teigne /tɛɲ/	teignes /tɛɲ/	teigne /tɛɲ/	teignions /tɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /te.ɲjɔ̃/	teigniez /tɛ.ɲje/ or /te.ɲje/	teignent /tɛɲ/
	imperfect2	teignisse /tɛ.ɲis/ or /te.ɲis/	teignisses /tɛ.ɲis/ or /te.ɲis/	teignît /tɛ.ɲi/ or /te.ɲi/	teignissions /tɛ.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ or /te.ɲi.sjɔ̃/	teignissiez /tɛ.ɲi.sje/ or /te.ɲi.sje/	teignissent /tɛ.ɲis/ or /te.ɲis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	teins /tɛ̃/	—	teignons /tɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /te.ɲɔ̃/	teignez /tɛ.ɲe/ or /te.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).

Related terms

• teinter

Further reading

• “teindre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• détenir, tenir de

Norman

Etymology

From Old French taindre, teindre, from Latin tingō, tingere (“colour, dye, tinge”).

Verb

teindre

1. (Jersey, transitive) to dye

Antonyms

• dêteindre (“to fade”)

Derived terms

• hèrbe à teindre (“weld”)