Inherited from Middle French paindre, from Old French peindre, paindre, inherited from Latin pingere (“to paint”).
peindre
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.
| infinitive | simple | peindre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | peignant /pɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /pe.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | peint /pɛ̃/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | peins /pɛ̃/ |
peins /pɛ̃/ |
peint /pɛ̃/ |
peignons /pɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /pe.ɲɔ̃/ |
peignez /pɛ.ɲe/ or /pe.ɲe/ |
peignent /pɛɲ/ |
| imperfect | peignais /pɛ.ɲɛ/ or /pe.ɲɛ/ |
peignais /pɛ.ɲɛ/ or /pe.ɲɛ/ |
peignait /pɛ.ɲɛ/ or /pe.ɲɛ/ |
peignions /pɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /pe.ɲjɔ̃/ |
peigniez /pɛ.ɲje/ or /pe.ɲje/ |
peignaient /pɛ.ɲɛ/ or /pe.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | peignis /pɛ.ɲi/ or /pe.ɲi/ |
peignis /pɛ.ɲi/ or /pe.ɲi/ |
peignit /pɛ.ɲi/ or /pe.ɲi/ |
peignîmes /pɛ.ɲim/ or /pe.ɲim/ |
peignîtes /pɛ.ɲit/ or /pe.ɲit/ |
peignirent /pɛ.ɲiʁ/ or /pe.ɲiʁ/ | |
| future | peindrai /pɛ̃.dʁe/ |
peindras /pɛ̃.dʁa/ |
peindra /pɛ̃.dʁa/ |
peindrons /pɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
peindrez /pɛ̃.dʁe/ |
peindront /pɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | peindrais /pɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
peindrais /pɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
peindrait /pɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
peindrions /pɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
peindriez /pɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
peindraient /pɛ̃.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 | peigne /pɛɲ/ |
peignes /pɛɲ/ |
peigne /pɛɲ/ |
peignions /pɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /pe.ɲjɔ̃/ |
peigniez /pɛ.ɲje/ or /pe.ɲje/ |
peignent /pɛɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | peignisse /pɛ.ɲis/ or /pe.ɲis/ |
peignisses /pɛ.ɲis/ or /pe.ɲis/ |
peignît /pɛ.ɲi/ or /pe.ɲi/ |
peignissions /pɛ.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ or /pe.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ |
peignissiez /pɛ.ɲi.sje/ or /pe.ɲi.sje/ |
peignissent /pɛ.ɲis/ or /pe.ɲis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | peins /pɛ̃/ |
— | peignons /pɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /pe.ɲɔ̃/ |
peignez /pɛ.ɲe/ or /pe.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
From Old French peindre, from Latin pingō, pingere (“decorate, embellish; paint, tint, colour”).
peindre (gerund peindréthie)
From Latin pingere, present active infinitive of pingō (“I paint”).
peindre
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | peindre | avoir peint | |||||
| gerund | en peignant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | peignant | ||||||
| past participle | peint | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | peing | peinz | peint | peignons | peigniez | peignent |
| imperfect | peignoie, peigneie | peignoies, peigneies | peignoit, peigneit | peigniiens, peigniens | peigniiez, peigniez | peignoient, peigneient | |
| preterite | peins | peinsis | peinst | peinsimes | peinsistes | peinstrent | |
| future | peindrai | peindras | peindra | peindrons | peindroiz, peindreiz, peindrez | peindront | |
| conditional | peindroie, peindreie | peindroies, peindreies | peindroit, peindreit | peindriiens, peindriens | peindriiez, peindriez | peindroient, peindreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | peigne | peignes | peigne | peigniens, peignons | peigniez | peignent |
| imperfect | peinsisse | peinsisses | peinsist | peinsissons, peinsissiens | peinsissoiz, peinsissez, peinsissiez | peinsissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | peing | — | peignons | peigniez | — | ||