éreinter

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French

Etymology

From é- +‎ rein (“kidney; loin”) +‎ -er, with non-etymological t.

Pronunciation

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Verb

éreinter

  1. to wear out, to exhaust
  2. (figuratively) to criticize strongly
  3. (reflexive) to wear oneself out

Conjugation

Conjugation of éreinter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple éreinter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple éreintant
/e.ʁɛ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle éreinté
/e.ʁɛ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present éreinte
/e.ʁɛ̃t/ 		éreintes
/e.ʁɛ̃t/ 		éreinte
/e.ʁɛ̃t/ 		éreintons
/e.ʁɛ̃.tɔ̃/ 		éreintez
/e.ʁɛ̃.te/ 		éreintent
/e.ʁɛ̃t/
imperfect éreintais
/e.ʁɛ̃.tɛ/ 		éreintais
/e.ʁɛ̃.tɛ/ 		éreintait
/e.ʁɛ̃.tɛ/ 		éreintions
/e.ʁɛ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		éreintiez
/e.ʁɛ̃.tje/ 		éreintaient
/e.ʁɛ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 éreintai
/e.ʁɛ̃.te/ 		éreintas
/e.ʁɛ̃.ta/ 		éreinta
/e.ʁɛ̃.ta/ 		éreintâmes
/e.ʁɛ̃.tam/ 		éreintâtes
/e.ʁɛ̃.tat/ 		éreintèrent
/e.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ/
future éreinterai
/e.ʁɛ̃.tʁe/ 		éreinteras
/e.ʁɛ̃.tʁa/ 		éreintera
/e.ʁɛ̃.tʁa/ 		éreinterons
/e.ʁɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/ 		éreinterez
/e.ʁɛ̃.tʁe/ 		éreinteront
/e.ʁɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional éreinterais
/e.ʁɛ̃.tʁɛ/ 		éreinterais
/e.ʁɛ̃.tʁɛ/ 		éreinterait
/e.ʁɛ̃.tʁɛ/ 		éreinterions
/e.ʁɛ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		éreinteriez
/e.ʁɛ̃.tə.ʁje/ 		éreinteraient
/e.ʁɛ̃.tʁɛ/
(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 éreinte
/e.ʁɛ̃t/ 		éreintes
/e.ʁɛ̃t/ 		éreinte
/e.ʁɛ̃t/ 		éreintions
/e.ʁɛ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		éreintiez
/e.ʁɛ̃.tje/ 		éreintent
/e.ʁɛ̃t/
imperfect2 éreintasse
/e.ʁɛ̃.tas/ 		éreintasses
/e.ʁɛ̃.tas/ 		éreintât
/e.ʁɛ̃.ta/ 		éreintassions
/e.ʁɛ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		éreintassiez
/e.ʁɛ̃.ta.sje/ 		éreintassent
/e.ʁɛ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — éreinte
/e.ʁɛ̃t/ 		— éreintons
/e.ʁɛ̃.tɔ̃/ 		éreintez
/e.ʁɛ̃.te/ 		—
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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