teindre

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French taindre, teindre, from Latin tingere, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to soak, dip”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛ̃dʁ/
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Verb

teindre

  1. to dye
  2. to tint, tinge

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 teindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple teindre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple teignant
/tɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /te.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle teint
/tɛ̃/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present teins
/tɛ̃/ 		teins
/tɛ̃/ 		teint
/tɛ̃/ 		teignons
/tɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /te.ɲɔ̃/ 		teignez
/tɛ.ɲe/ or /te.ɲe/ 		teignent
/tɛɲ/
imperfect teignais
/tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /te.ɲɛ/ 		teignais
/tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /te.ɲɛ/ 		teignait
/tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /te.ɲɛ/ 		teignions
/tɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /te.ɲjɔ̃/ 		teigniez
/tɛ.ɲje/ or /te.ɲje/ 		teignaient
/tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /te.ɲɛ/
past historic2 teignis
/tɛ.ɲi/ or /te.ɲi/ 		teignis
/tɛ.ɲi/ or /te.ɲi/ 		teignit
/tɛ.ɲi/ or /te.ɲi/ 		teignîmes
/tɛ.ɲim/ or /te.ɲim/ 		teignîtes
/tɛ.ɲit/ or /te.ɲit/ 		teignirent
/tɛ.ɲiʁ/ or /te.ɲiʁ/
future teindrai
/tɛ̃.dʁe/ 		teindras
/tɛ̃.dʁa/ 		teindra
/tɛ̃.dʁa/ 		teindrons
/tɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		teindrez
/tɛ̃.dʁe/ 		teindront
/tɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional teindrais
/tɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		teindrais
/tɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		teindrait
/tɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		teindrions
/tɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		teindriez
/tɛ̃.dʁi.je/ 		teindraient
/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 teigne
/tɛɲ/ 		teignes
/tɛɲ/ 		teigne
/tɛɲ/ 		teignions
/tɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /te.ɲjɔ̃/ 		teigniez
/tɛ.ɲje/ or /te.ɲje/ 		teignent
/tɛɲ/
imperfect2 teignisse
/tɛ.ɲis/ or /te.ɲis/ 		teignisses
/tɛ.ɲis/ or /te.ɲis/ 		teignît
/tɛ.ɲi/ or /te.ɲi/ 		teignissions
/tɛ.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ or /te.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ 		teignissiez
/tɛ.ɲi.sje/ or /te.ɲi.sje/ 		teignissent
/tɛ.ɲis/ or /te.ɲis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — teins
/tɛ̃/ 		— teignons
/tɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /te.ɲɔ̃/ 		teignez
/tɛ.ɲe/ or /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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Etymology

From Old French taindre, teindre, from Latin tingō, tingere (“colour, dye, tinge”).

Verb

teindre

  1. (Jersey, transitive) to dye

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