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étreindre
étreindre
See also: êtreindre
French
Verb
étreindre
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 étreindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | étreindre | avoir étreint | |||||
| gerund | en étreignant | en ayant étreint | |||||
| present participle | étreignant /e.tʁɛ.ɲɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | étreint /e.tʁɛ̃/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | étreins /e.tʁɛ̃/ |
étreins /e.tʁɛ̃/ |
étreint /e.tʁɛ̃/ |
étreignons /e.tʁɛ.ɲɔ̃/ |
étreignez /e.tʁɛ.ɲe/ |
étreignent /e.tʁɛɲ/ |
| imperfect | étreignais /e.tʁɛ.ɲɛ/ |
étreignais /e.tʁɛ.ɲɛ/ |
étreignait /e.tʁɛ.ɲɛ/ |
étreignions /e.tʁɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ |
étreigniez /e.tʁɛ.ɲje/ |
étreignaient /e.tʁɛ.ɲɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | étreignis /e.tʁɛ.ɲi/ |
étreignis /e.tʁɛ.ɲi/ |
étreignit /e.tʁɛ.ɲi/ |
étreignîmes /e.tʁɛ.ɲim/ |
étreignîtes /e.tʁɛ.ɲit/ |
étreignirent /e.tʁɛ.ɲiʁ/ |
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| future | étreindrai /e.tʁɛ̃.dʁe/ |
étreindras /e.tʁɛ̃.dʁa/ |
étreindra /e.tʁɛ̃.dʁa/ |
étreindrons /e.tʁɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
étreindrez /e.tʁɛ̃.dʁe/ |
étreindront /e.tʁɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | étreindrais /e.tʁɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
étreindrais /e.tʁɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
étreindrait /e.tʁɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
étreindrions /e.tʁɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
étreindriez /e.tʁɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
étreindraient /e.tʁɛ̃.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 | étreigne /e.tʁɛɲ/ |
étreignes /e.tʁɛɲ/ |
étreigne /e.tʁɛɲ/ |
étreignions /e.tʁɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ |
étreigniez /e.tʁɛ.ɲje/ |
étreignent /e.tʁɛɲ/ |
| imperfect1 |
étreignisse /e.tʁɛ.ɲis/ |
étreignisses /e.tʁɛ.ɲis/ |
étreignît /e.tʁɛ.ɲi/ |
étreignissions /e.tʁɛ.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ |
étreignissiez /e.tʁɛ.ɲi.sje/ |
étreignissent /e.tʁɛ.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 | – | |
| — | étreins /e.tʁɛ̃/ |
— | étreignons /e.tʁɛ.ɲɔ̃/ |
étreignez /e.tʁɛ.ɲe/ |
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