éteindre

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French esteindre, from Old French estaindre, from Latin extinguere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.tɛ̃dʁ/
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Verb

éteindre

  1. to turn off (a switch, device, etc.)
    • 2021, Angèle, Pensées positives:
      Besoin de pensées positives ? Éteins l’ordinateur !
      Need to think positive thoughts? Turn off the computer!
  2. to put out (a fire)
  3. (reflexive) to die out, fade

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 éteindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple éteindre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple éteignant
/e.tɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /e.te.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle éteint
/e.tɛ̃/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present éteins
/e.tɛ̃/ 		éteins
/e.tɛ̃/ 		éteint
/e.tɛ̃/ 		éteignons
/e.tɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /e.te.ɲɔ̃/ 		éteignez
/e.tɛ.ɲe/ or /e.te.ɲe/ 		éteignent
/e.tɛɲ/
imperfect éteignais
/e.tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /e.te.ɲɛ/ 		éteignais
/e.tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /e.te.ɲɛ/ 		éteignait
/e.tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /e.te.ɲɛ/ 		éteignions
/e.tɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /e.te.ɲjɔ̃/ 		éteigniez
/e.tɛ.ɲje/ or /e.te.ɲje/ 		éteignaient
/e.tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /e.te.ɲɛ/
past historic2 éteignis
/e.tɛ.ɲi/ or /e.te.ɲi/ 		éteignis
/e.tɛ.ɲi/ or /e.te.ɲi/ 		éteignit
/e.tɛ.ɲi/ or /e.te.ɲi/ 		éteignîmes
/e.tɛ.ɲim/ or /e.te.ɲim/ 		éteignîtes
/e.tɛ.ɲit/ or /e.te.ɲit/ 		éteignirent
/e.tɛ.ɲiʁ/ or /e.te.ɲiʁ/
future éteindrai
/e.tɛ̃.dʁe/ 		éteindras
/e.tɛ̃.dʁa/ 		éteindra
/e.tɛ̃.dʁa/ 		éteindrons
/e.tɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		éteindrez
/e.tɛ̃.dʁe/ 		éteindront
/e.tɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional éteindrais
/e.tɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		éteindrais
/e.tɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		éteindrait
/e.tɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		éteindrions
/e.tɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		éteindriez
/e.tɛ̃.dʁi.je/ 		éteindraient
/e.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 éteigne
/e.tɛɲ/ 		éteignes
/e.tɛɲ/ 		éteigne
/e.tɛɲ/ 		éteignions
/e.tɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /e.te.ɲjɔ̃/ 		éteigniez
/e.tɛ.ɲje/ or /e.te.ɲje/ 		éteignent
/e.tɛɲ/
imperfect2 éteignisse
/e.tɛ.ɲis/ or /e.te.ɲis/ 		éteignisses
/e.tɛ.ɲis/ or /e.te.ɲis/ 		éteignît
/e.tɛ.ɲi/ or /e.te.ɲi/ 		éteignissions
/e.tɛ.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ or /e.te.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ 		éteignissiez
/e.tɛ.ɲi.sje/ or /e.te.ɲi.sje/ 		éteignissent
/e.tɛ.ɲis/ or /e.te.ɲis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — éteins
/e.tɛ̃/ 		— éteignons
/e.tɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /e.te.ɲɔ̃/ 		éteignez
/e.tɛ.ɲe/ or /e.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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