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geindre
geindre
French
Verb
geindre
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 geindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | geindre | avoir geint | |||||
| gerund | en geignant | en ayant geint | |||||
| present participle | geignant /ʒɛ.ɲɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | geint /ʒɛ̃/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | geins /ʒɛ̃/ |
geins /ʒɛ̃/ |
geint /ʒɛ̃/ |
geignons /ʒɛ.ɲɔ̃/ |
geignez /ʒɛ.ɲe/ |
geignent /ʒɛɲ/ |
| imperfect | geignais /ʒɛ.ɲɛ/ |
geignais /ʒɛ.ɲɛ/ |
geignait /ʒɛ.ɲɛ/ |
geignions /ʒɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ |
geigniez /ʒɛ.ɲje/ |
geignaient /ʒɛ.ɲɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | geignis /ʒɛ.ɲi/ |
geignis /ʒɛ.ɲi/ |
geignit /ʒɛ.ɲi/ |
geignîmes /ʒɛ.ɲim/ |
geignîtes /ʒɛ.ɲit/ |
geignirent /ʒɛ.ɲiʁ/ |
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| future | geindrai /ʒɛ̃.dʁe/ |
geindras /ʒɛ̃.dʁa/ |
geindra /ʒɛ̃.dʁa/ |
geindrons /ʒɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
geindrez /ʒɛ̃.dʁe/ |
geindront /ʒɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | geindrais /ʒɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
geindrais /ʒɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
geindrait /ʒɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
geindrions /ʒɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
geindriez /ʒɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
geindraient /ʒɛ̃.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 | geigne /ʒɛɲ/ |
geignes /ʒɛɲ/ |
geigne /ʒɛɲ/ |
geignions /ʒɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ |
geigniez /ʒɛ.ɲje/ |
geignent /ʒɛɲ/ |
| imperfect1 |
geignisse /ʒɛ.ɲis/ |
geignisses /ʒɛ.ɲis/ |
geignît /ʒɛ.ɲi/ |
geignissions /ʒɛ.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ |
geignissiez /ʒɛ.ɲi.sje/ |
geignissent /ʒɛ.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 | – | |
| — | geins /ʒɛ̃/ |
— | geignons /ʒɛ.ɲɔ̃/ |
geignez /ʒɛ.ɲe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- gindre
Noun
geindre m (plural geindres)