poindre

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French poindre, puindre, from Latin pungere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pwɛ̃dʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -wɛ̃dʁ

Verb

poindre

  1. (transitive, obsolete) to prick, sting
  2. (transitive, literary) to sting, afflict (of pain, love etc.)
  3. (intransitive) to come up (of a plant), peep through
  4. (intransitive, literary) to break, dawn (of day); to break (of dawn)
  5. (intransitive, figurative) to appear, spring up

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 poindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple poindre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple poignant
/pwa.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle point
/pwɛ̃/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present poins
/pwɛ̃/ 		poins
/pwɛ̃/ 		point
/pwɛ̃/ 		poignons
/pwa.ɲɔ̃/ 		poignez
/pwa.ɲe/ 		poignent
/pwaɲ/
imperfect poignais
/pwa.ɲɛ/ 		poignais
/pwa.ɲɛ/ 		poignait
/pwa.ɲɛ/ 		poignions
/pwa.ɲjɔ̃/ 		poigniez
/pwa.ɲje/ 		poignaient
/pwa.ɲɛ/
past historic2 poignis
/pwa.ɲi/ 		poignis
/pwa.ɲi/ 		poignit
/pwa.ɲi/ 		poignîmes
/pwa.ɲim/ 		poignîtes
/pwa.ɲit/ 		poignirent
/pwa.ɲiʁ/
future poindrai
/pwɛ̃.dʁe/ 		poindras
/pwɛ̃.dʁa/ 		poindra
/pwɛ̃.dʁa/ 		poindrons
/pwɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		poindrez
/pwɛ̃.dʁe/ 		poindront
/pwɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional poindrais
/pwɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		poindrais
/pwɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		poindrait
/pwɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		poindrions
/pwɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		poindriez
/pwɛ̃.dʁi.je/ 		poindraient
/pwɛ̃.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 poigne
/pwaɲ/ 		poignes
/pwaɲ/ 		poigne
/pwaɲ/ 		poignions
/pwa.ɲjɔ̃/ 		poigniez
/pwa.ɲje/ 		poignent
/pwaɲ/
imperfect2 poignisse
/pwa.ɲis/ 		poignisses
/pwa.ɲis/ 		poignît
/pwa.ɲi/ 		poignissions
/pwa.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ 		poignissiez
/pwa.ɲi.sje/ 		poignissent
/pwa.ɲis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — poins
/pwɛ̃/ 		— poignons
/pwa.ɲɔ̃/ 		poignez
/pwa.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).

Derived terms

Further reading

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Latin pungere, present active infinitive of pungō.

Verb

poindre

  1. to puncture; to pierce (rupture a membrane, etc.)
  2. to sting; to prick
Conjugation

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.

    Conjugation of poindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive poindre avoir point
gerund en poignant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle poignant
past participle point
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present poing poinz point poignons poigniez poignent
imperfect poignoie, poigneie poignoies, poigneies poignoit, poigneit poigniiens, poigniens poigniiez, poigniez poignoient, poigneient
preterite poins poinsis poinst poinsimes poinsistes poinstrent
future poindrai poindras poindra poindrons poindroiz, poindreiz, poindrez poindront
conditional poindroie, poindreie poindroies, poindreies poindroit, poindreit poindriiens, poindriens poindriiez, poindriez poindroient, poindreient
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 poigne poignes poigne poigniens, poignons poigniez poignent
imperfect poinsisse poinsisses poinsist poinsissons, poinsissiens poinsissoiz, poinsissez, poinsissiez poinsissent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— poing — poignons poigniez —
Descendants
  • Middle French: poindre
  • → Middle English: poynen

Noun

poindre oblique singular, m (oblique plural poindres, nominative singular poindres, nominative plural poindre)

  1. attack; assault
    • c. 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:
      si fiert un Sesne et puis un autre
      si qu'anbedeus a un seul poindre
      He struck a Saxon then another
      both in the same attack
Related terms

Etymology 2

See peindre.

Verb

poindre

  1. Alternative form of peindre
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