reteindre
French
Etymology
Verb
reteindre
- (transitive) to redye
- to recolor
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 reteindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | reteindre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | reteignant /ʁə.tɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /ʁə.te.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | reteint /ʁə.tɛ̃/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | reteins /ʁə.tɛ̃/ |
reteins /ʁə.tɛ̃/ |
reteint /ʁə.tɛ̃/ |
reteignons /ʁə.tɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /ʁə.te.ɲɔ̃/ |
reteignez /ʁə.tɛ.ɲe/ or /ʁə.te.ɲe/ |
reteignent /ʁə.tɛɲ/ |
| imperfect | reteignais /ʁə.tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁə.te.ɲɛ/ |
reteignais /ʁə.tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁə.te.ɲɛ/ |
reteignait /ʁə.tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁə.te.ɲɛ/ |
reteignions /ʁə.tɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.te.ɲjɔ̃/ |
reteigniez /ʁə.tɛ.ɲje/ or /ʁə.te.ɲje/ |
reteignaient /ʁə.tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁə.te.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | reteignis /ʁə.tɛ.ɲi/ or /ʁə.te.ɲi/ |
reteignis /ʁə.tɛ.ɲi/ or /ʁə.te.ɲi/ |
reteignit /ʁə.tɛ.ɲi/ or /ʁə.te.ɲi/ |
reteignîmes /ʁə.tɛ.ɲim/ or /ʁə.te.ɲim/ |
reteignîtes /ʁə.tɛ.ɲit/ or /ʁə.te.ɲit/ |
reteignirent /ʁə.tɛ.ɲiʁ/ or /ʁə.te.ɲiʁ/ | |
| future | reteindrai /ʁə.tɛ̃.dʁe/ |
reteindras /ʁə.tɛ̃.dʁa/ |
reteindra /ʁə.tɛ̃.dʁa/ |
reteindrons /ʁə.tɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
reteindrez /ʁə.tɛ̃.dʁe/ |
reteindront /ʁə.tɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | reteindrais /ʁə.tɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
reteindrais /ʁə.tɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
reteindrait /ʁə.tɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
reteindrions /ʁə.tɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
reteindriez /ʁə.tɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
reteindraient /ʁə.tɛ̃.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 | reteigne /ʁə.tɛɲ/ |
reteignes /ʁə.tɛɲ/ |
reteigne /ʁə.tɛɲ/ |
reteignions /ʁə.tɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.te.ɲjɔ̃/ |
reteigniez /ʁə.tɛ.ɲje/ or /ʁə.te.ɲje/ |
reteignent /ʁə.tɛɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | reteignisse /ʁə.tɛ.ɲis/ or /ʁə.te.ɲis/ |
reteignisses /ʁə.tɛ.ɲis/ or /ʁə.te.ɲis/ |
reteignît /ʁə.tɛ.ɲi/ or /ʁə.te.ɲi/ |
reteignissions /ʁə.tɛ.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.te.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ |
reteignissiez /ʁə.tɛ.ɲi.sje/ or /ʁə.te.ɲi.sje/ |
reteignissent /ʁə.tɛ.ɲis/ or /ʁə.te.ɲis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | reteins /ʁə.tɛ̃/ |
— | reteignons /ʁə.tɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /ʁə.te.ɲɔ̃/ |
reteignez /ʁə.tɛ.ɲe/ or /ʁə.te.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “reteindre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.