teindre
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French taindre, teindre, from Latin tingere, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to soak, dip”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
teindre
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 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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “teindre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French taindre, teindre, from Latin tingō, tingere (“colour, dye, tinge”).
Verb edit
teindre
- (Jersey, transitive) to dye
Antonyms edit
- dêteindre (“to fade”)
Derived terms edit
- hèrbe à teindre (“weld”)