éreinter
French
Etymology
From é- + rein (“kidney; loin”) + -er, with non-etymological t.
Verb
éreinter
- to wear out, to exhaust
- (figuratively) to criticize strongly
- (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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “éreinter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.