joindre

French

Etymology

From Latin iungō (“join”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʒwɛ̃dʁ/, X-SAMPA: /ZwE~dR/

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• Hyphenation: joindre

Verb

joindre

1. To join
2. To join 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 joindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		joindre			avoir joint
gerund		en joignant			en ayant joint
present participle		joignant
past participle		joint
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	joins	joins	joint	joignons	joignez	joignent
	imperfect	joignais	joignais	joignait	joignions	joigniez	joignaient
	past historic1	joignis	joignis	joignit	joignîmes	joignîtes	joignirent
	future	joindrai	joindras	joindra	joindrons	joindrez	joindront
	conditional	joindrais	joindrais	joindrait	joindrions	joindriez	joindraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	joigne	joignes	joigne	joignions	joigniez	joignent
	imperfect1	joignisse	joignisses	joignît	joignissions	joignissiez	joignissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	joins	—	joignons	joignez	—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

• adjoindre
• disjoindre
• joint
• jointure
• rejoindre

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French joindre, from Latin iungō, iungere (“join, yoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeug- (“to join, unite”).

Verb

joindre

1. to join

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Old French

Verb

joindre

1. to meet up with; to go and see
2. to join; to join onto
   • circa 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     La ou l’espaule au col se joint

     At the point where the shoulder joins onto the neck

Descendants

• French: joindre