peindre

French

Etymology

From Middle French paindre, from Old French peindre, paindre, inherited from Latin pingere, present active infinitive of pingō (“I paint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ̃dʁ/

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Verb

peindre

1. (transitive) to paint.

   Jaquinot, c’est un peintre à grand talent. Il n’aime rien de plus que de peindre des portraits de ses parents et amis.

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Derived terms

• papier peint

Related terms

• peintre
• peinture
• pictural
• pigment
• pittoresque

Compounds

• dépeindre

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 peindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	peindre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	peignant /pɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /pe.ɲɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		peint /pɛ̃/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	peins /pɛ̃/	peins /pɛ̃/	peint /pɛ̃/	peignons /pɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /pe.ɲɔ̃/	peignez /pɛ.ɲe/ or /pe.ɲe/	peignent /pɛɲ/
	imperfect	peignais /pɛ.ɲɛ/ or /pe.ɲɛ/	peignais /pɛ.ɲɛ/ or /pe.ɲɛ/	peignait /pɛ.ɲɛ/ or /pe.ɲɛ/	peignions /pɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /pe.ɲjɔ̃/	peigniez /pɛ.ɲje/ or /pe.ɲje/	peignaient /pɛ.ɲɛ/ or /pe.ɲɛ/
	past historic2	peignis /pɛ.ɲi/ or /pe.ɲi/	peignis /pɛ.ɲi/ or /pe.ɲi/	peignit /pɛ.ɲi/ or /pe.ɲi/	peignîmes /pɛ.ɲim/ or /pe.ɲim/	peignîtes /pɛ.ɲit/ or /pe.ɲit/	peignirent /pɛ.ɲiʁ/ or /pe.ɲiʁ/
	future	peindrai /pɛ̃.dʁe/	peindras /pɛ̃.dʁa/	peindra /pɛ̃.dʁa/	peindrons /pɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/	peindrez /pɛ̃.dʁe/	peindront /pɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	peindrais /pɛ̃.dʁɛ/	peindrais /pɛ̃.dʁɛ/	peindrait /pɛ̃.dʁɛ/	peindrions /pɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	peindriez /pɛ̃.dʁi.je/	peindraient /pɛ̃.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	peigne /pɛɲ/	peignes /pɛɲ/	peigne /pɛɲ/	peignions /pɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /pe.ɲjɔ̃/	peigniez /pɛ.ɲje/ or /pe.ɲje/	peignent /pɛɲ/
	imperfect2	peignisse /pɛ.ɲis/ or /pe.ɲis/	peignisses /pɛ.ɲis/ or /pe.ɲis/	peignît /pɛ.ɲi/ or /pe.ɲi/	peignissions /pɛ.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ or /pe.ɲi.sjɔ̃/	peignissiez /pɛ.ɲi.sje/ or /pe.ɲi.sje/	peignissent /pɛ.ɲis/ or /pe.ɲis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	peins /pɛ̃/	—	peignons /pɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /pe.ɲɔ̃/	peignez /pɛ.ɲe/ or /pe.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “peindre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French peindre, from Latin pingō, pingere (“decorate, embellish; paint, tint, colour”).

Verb

peindre (gerund peindréthie)

1. (Jersey) to paint

Related terms

• peintre

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Old French

Alternative forms

• paindre, poindre

Etymology

From Latin pingere, present active infinitive of pingō (“I paint”).

Verb

peindre

1. to paint (cover with paint; especially in a decorative or artistic way)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of peindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		peindre			avoir peint
gerund		en peignant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		peignant
past participle		peint
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	peing	peinz	peint	peignons	peigniez	peignent
	imperfect	peignoie, peigneie	peignoies, peigneies	peignoit, peigneit	peigniiens, peigniens	peigniiez, peigniez	peignoient, peigneient
	preterite	peins	peinsis	peinst	peinsimes	peinsistes	peinstrent
	future	peindrai	peindras	peindra	peindrons	peindroiz, peindreiz, peindrez	peindront
	conditional	peindroie, peindreie	peindroies, peindreies	peindroit, peindreit	peindriiens, peindriens	peindriiez, peindriez	peindroient, peindreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	peigne	peignes	peigne	peigniens, peignons	peigniez	peignent
	imperfect	peinsisse	peinsisses	peinsist	peinsissons, peinsissiens	peinsissoiz, peinsissez, peinsissiez	peinsissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	peing	—	peignons	peigniez	—

Derived terms

• peintier (whence the English 'paint')

Descendants

• Middle French: paindre
  • French: peindre
• Norman: peindre