éteindre
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French esteindre, Old French estaindre < Latin extinguere, present active infinitive of extinguō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
éteindre
Conjugation[edit]
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 éteindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | éteindre | avoir éteint | |||||
| gerund | en éteignant | en ayant éteint | |||||
| present participle | éteignant | ||||||
| past participle | éteint | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | éteins | éteins | éteint | éteignons | éteignez | éteignent |
| imperfect | éteignais | éteignais | éteignait | éteignions | éteigniez | éteignaient | |
| past historic1 | éteignis | éteignis | éteignit | éteignîmes | éteignîtes | éteignirent | |
| future | éteindrai | éteindras | éteindra | éteindrons | éteindrez | éteindront | |
| conditional | éteindrais | éteindrais | éteindrait | éteindrions | éteindriez | éteindraient | |
| 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 | éteigne | éteignes | éteigne | éteignions | éteigniez | éteignent |
| imperfect1 | éteignisse | éteignisses | éteignît | éteignissions | éteignissiez | éteignissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | éteins | — | éteignons | éteignez | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Antonyms[edit]
External links[edit]
- “éteindre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).