esteindre

Middle French

Alternative forms

• estaindre

Etymology

From Old French esteindre, from Latin extinguō, extinguere.

Verb

esteindre

1. to extinguish; to put out
   • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:

     Pour esteindre ce commencement de trouble

     To extinguish the start of the trouble

Descendants

• French: éteindre

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Old French

Alternative forms

• estaindre

Etymology

From Latin extinguere, present active infinitive of extinguō.

Verb

esteindre

1. to extinguish; to put out
2. (figuratively) to stop; to halt

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 esteindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		esteindre			avoir esteint
gerund		en esteignant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		esteignant
past participle		esteint
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	esteing	esteinz	esteint	esteignons	esteigniez	esteignent
	imperfect	esteignoie, esteigneie	esteignoies, esteigneies	esteignoit, esteigneit	esteigniiens, esteigniens	esteigniiez, esteigniez	esteignoient, esteigneient
	preterite	esteins	esteinsis	esteinst	esteinsimes	esteinsistes	esteinstrent
	future	esteindrai	esteindras	esteindra	esteindrons	esteindroiz, esteindreiz, esteindrez	esteindront
	conditional	esteindroie, esteindreie	esteindroies, esteindreies	esteindroit, esteindreit	esteindriiens, esteindriens	esteindriiez, esteindriez	esteindroient, esteindreient
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	esteigne	esteignes	esteigne	esteigniens, esteignons	esteigniez	esteignent
	imperfect	esteinsisse	esteinsisses	esteinsist	esteinsissons, esteinsissiens	esteinsissoiz, esteinsissez, esteinsissiez	esteinsissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	esteing	—	esteignons	esteigniez	—

Descendants

• Bourguignon: étoindre
• Middle French: esteindre
  • French: éteindre