empreindre

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin imprimere, possibly through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *impremere. Doublet of imprimer, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃dʁ/
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Verb

empreindre

  1. (transitive) to imprint
  2. (transitive) to influence
  3. (transitive) to imbue (with)
  4. (reflexive) to become imbued (with)

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 empreindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple empreindre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple empreignant
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle empreint
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present empreins
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃/ 		empreins
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃/ 		empreint
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃/ 		empreignons
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲɔ̃/ 		empreignez
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲe/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲe/ 		empreignent
/ɑ̃.pʁɛɲ/
imperfect empreignais
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲɛ/ 		empreignais
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲɛ/ 		empreignait
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲɛ/ 		empreignions
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲjɔ̃/ 		empreigniez
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲje/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲje/ 		empreignaient
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲɛ/
past historic2 empreignis
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲi/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲi/ 		empreignis
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲi/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲi/ 		empreignit
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲi/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲi/ 		empreignîmes
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲim/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲim/ 		empreignîtes
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲit/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲit/ 		empreignirent
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲiʁ/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲiʁ/
future empreindrai
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.dʁe/ 		empreindras
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.dʁa/ 		empreindra
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.dʁa/ 		empreindrons
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		empreindrez
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.dʁe/ 		empreindront
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional empreindrais
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		empreindrais
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		empreindrait
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		empreindrions
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		empreindriez
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.dʁi.je/ 		empreindraient
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.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 empreigne
/ɑ̃.pʁɛɲ/ 		empreignes
/ɑ̃.pʁɛɲ/ 		empreigne
/ɑ̃.pʁɛɲ/ 		empreignions
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲjɔ̃/ 		empreigniez
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲje/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲje/ 		empreignent
/ɑ̃.pʁɛɲ/
imperfect2 empreignisse
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲis/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲis/ 		empreignisses
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲis/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲis/ 		empreignît
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲi/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲi/ 		empreignissions
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ 		empreignissiez
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲi.sje/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲi.sje/ 		empreignissent
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲis/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — empreins
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃/ 		— empreignons
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.ɲɔ̃/ 		empreignez
/ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲe/ or /ɑ̃.pʁe.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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