enjoindre

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French

Etymology

First attested circa 1191 in Old French as anjoindre, from Latin injungere, iniungere, present active infinitive of iniungo, altered after joindre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ʒwɛ̃dʁ/
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Verb

enjoindre

  1. (transitive) to order; to enjoin (someone à faire something)

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 enjoindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple enjoindre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple enjoignant
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle enjoint
/ɑ̃.ʒwɛ̃/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present enjoins
/ɑ̃.ʒwɛ̃/ 		enjoins
/ɑ̃.ʒwɛ̃/ 		enjoint
/ɑ̃.ʒwɛ̃/ 		enjoignons
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲɔ̃/ 		enjoignez
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲe/ 		enjoignent
/ɑ̃.ʒwaɲ/
imperfect enjoignais
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲɛ/ 		enjoignais
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲɛ/ 		enjoignait
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲɛ/ 		enjoignions
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲjɔ̃/ 		enjoigniez
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲje/ 		enjoignaient
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲɛ/
past historic2 enjoignis
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲi/ 		enjoignis
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲi/ 		enjoignit
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲi/ 		enjoignîmes
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲim/ 		enjoignîtes
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲit/ 		enjoignirent
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲiʁ/
future enjoindrai
/ɑ̃.ʒwɛ̃.dʁe/ 		enjoindras
/ɑ̃.ʒwɛ̃.dʁa/ 		enjoindra
/ɑ̃.ʒwɛ̃.dʁa/ 		enjoindrons
/ɑ̃.ʒwɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		enjoindrez
/ɑ̃.ʒwɛ̃.dʁe/ 		enjoindront
/ɑ̃.ʒwɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional enjoindrais
/ɑ̃.ʒwɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		enjoindrais
/ɑ̃.ʒwɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		enjoindrait
/ɑ̃.ʒwɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		enjoindrions
/ɑ̃.ʒwɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		enjoindriez
/ɑ̃.ʒwɛ̃.dʁi.je/ 		enjoindraient
/ɑ̃.ʒwɛ̃.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 enjoigne
/ɑ̃.ʒwaɲ/ 		enjoignes
/ɑ̃.ʒwaɲ/ 		enjoigne
/ɑ̃.ʒwaɲ/ 		enjoignions
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲjɔ̃/ 		enjoigniez
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲje/ 		enjoignent
/ɑ̃.ʒwaɲ/
imperfect2 enjoignisse
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲis/ 		enjoignisses
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲis/ 		enjoignît
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲi/ 		enjoignissions
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ 		enjoignissiez
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲi.sje/ 		enjoignissent
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — enjoins
/ɑ̃.ʒwɛ̃/ 		— enjoignons
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.ɲɔ̃/ 		enjoignez
/ɑ̃.ʒwa.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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