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empreindre
empreindre
French
Verb
empreindre
- (transitive) to imprint
- (transitive) to influence
- (transitive) to imbue (with)
- (reflexive) to become imbued (with)
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 empreindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | empreindre | avoir empreint | |||||
| gerund | en empreignant | en ayant empreint | |||||
| present participle | empreignant /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | empreint /ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | empreins /ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃/ |
empreins /ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃/ |
empreint /ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃/ |
empreignons /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲɔ̃/ |
empreignez /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲe/ |
empreignent /ɑ̃.pʁɛɲ/ |
| imperfect | empreignais /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲɛ/ |
empreignais /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲɛ/ |
empreignait /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲɛ/ |
empreignions /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ |
empreigniez /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲje/ |
empreignaient /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | empreignis /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲi/ |
empreignis /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲi/ |
empreignit /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲi/ |
empreignîmes /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲim/ |
empreignîtes /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲit/ |
empreignirent /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲiʁ/ |
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| future | empreindrai /ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.dʁe/ |
empreindras /ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.dʁa/ |
empreindra /ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.dʁa/ |
empreindrons /ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
empreindrez /ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.dʁe/ |
empreindront /ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | empreindrais /ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
empreindrais /ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
empreindrait /ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
empreindrions /ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
empreindriez /ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
empreindraient /ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.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 | empreigne /ɑ̃.pʁɛɲ/ |
empreignes /ɑ̃.pʁɛɲ/ |
empreigne /ɑ̃.pʁɛɲ/ |
empreignions /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ |
empreigniez /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲje/ |
empreignent /ɑ̃.pʁɛɲ/ |
| imperfect1 |
empreignisse /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲis/ |
empreignisses /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲis/ |
empreignît /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲi/ |
empreignissions /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ |
empreignissiez /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲi.sje/ |
empreignissent /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.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 | – | |
| — | empreins /ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃/ |
— | empreignons /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲɔ̃/ |
empreignez /ɑ̃.pʁɛ.ɲe/ |
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