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peindre
peindre
French
Verb
peindre
- (transitive) to paint.
Related terms
Compounds
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)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | peindre | avoir peint | |||||
| gerund | en peignant | en ayant peint | |||||
| present participle | peignant /pɛ.ɲɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | peint /pɛ̃/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | peins /pɛ̃/ |
peins /pɛ̃/ |
peint /pɛ̃/ |
peignons /pɛ.ɲɔ̃/ |
peignez /pɛ.ɲe/ |
peignent /pɛɲ/ |
| imperfect | peignais /pɛ.ɲɛ/ |
peignais /pɛ.ɲɛ/ |
peignait /pɛ.ɲɛ/ |
peignions /pɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ |
peigniez /pɛ.ɲje/ |
peignaient /pɛ.ɲɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | peignis /pɛ.ɲi/ |
peignis /pɛ.ɲi/ |
peignit /pɛ.ɲi/ |
peignîmes /pɛ.ɲim/ |
peignîtes /pɛ.ɲit/ |
peignirent /pɛ.ɲiʁ/ |
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| future | peindrai /pɛ̃.dʁe/ |
peindras /pɛ̃.dʁa/ |
peindra /pɛ̃.dʁa/ |
peindrons /pɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
peindrez /pɛ̃.dʁe/ |
peindront /pɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | peindrais /pɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
peindrais /pɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
peindrait /pɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
peindrions /pɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
peindriez /pɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
peindraient /pɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
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| 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 | peigne /pɛɲ/ |
peignes /pɛɲ/ |
peigne /pɛɲ/ |
peignions /pɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ |
peigniez /pɛ.ɲje/ |
peignent /pɛɲ/ |
| imperfect1 |
peignisse /pɛ.ɲis/ |
peignisses /pɛ.ɲis/ |
peignît /pɛ.ɲi/ |
peignissions /pɛ.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ |
peignissiez /pɛ.ɲi.sje/ |
peignissent /pɛ.ɲis/ |
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| 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 | – | |
| — | peins /pɛ̃/ |
— | peignons /pɛ.ɲɔ̃/ |
peignez /pɛ.ɲe/ |
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Norman
Etymology
From Old French peindre, from Latin pingō, pingere (“decorate, embellish; paint, tint, colour”).
Verb
peindre (gerund peindréthie)
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin pingere, present active infinitive of pingō (“I paint”).
Verb
peindre
- 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 | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite 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 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | peing | — | peignons | peigniez | — | ||
Derived terms
- peintier (whence the English 'paint')