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joindre
joindre
French
Verb
joindre
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 joindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | joindre | avoir joint | |||||
| gerund | en joignant | en ayant joint | |||||
| present participle |  joignant /ʒwa.ɲɑ̃/  | 
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| past participle |  joint /ʒwɛ̃/  | 
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
|  simple tenses  | 
present |  joins /ʒwɛ̃/  | 
 joins /ʒwɛ̃/  | 
 joint /ʒwɛ̃/  | 
 joignons /ʒwa.ɲɔ̃/  | 
 joignez /ʒwa.ɲe/  | 
 joignent /ʒwaɲ/  | 
| imperfect |  joignais /ʒwa.ɲɛ/  | 
 joignais /ʒwa.ɲɛ/  | 
 joignait /ʒwa.ɲɛ/  | 
 joignions /ʒwa.ɲjɔ̃/  | 
 joigniez /ʒwa.ɲje/  | 
 joignaient /ʒwa.ɲɛ/  | 
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| past historic1 |  joignis /ʒwa.ɲi/  | 
joignis /ʒwa.ɲi/  | 
joignit /ʒwa.ɲi/  | 
joignîmes /ʒwa.ɲim/  | 
joignîtes /ʒwa.ɲit/  | 
joignirent /ʒwa.ɲiʁ/  | 
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| future |  joindrai /ʒwɛ̃.dʁe/  | 
 joindras /ʒwɛ̃.dʁa/  | 
 joindra /ʒwɛ̃.dʁa/  | 
 joindrons /ʒwɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/  | 
 joindrez /ʒwɛ̃.dʁe/  | 
 joindront /ʒwɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/  | 
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| conditional |  joindrais /ʒwɛ̃.dʁɛ/  | 
 joindrais /ʒwɛ̃.dʁɛ/  | 
 joindrait /ʒwɛ̃.dʁɛ/  | 
 joindrions /ʒwɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/  | 
 joindriez /ʒwɛ̃.dʁi.je/  | 
 joindraient /ʒwɛ̃.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 |  joigne /ʒwaɲ/  | 
 joignes /ʒwaɲ/  | 
 joigne /ʒwaɲ/  | 
 joignions /ʒwa.ɲjɔ̃/  | 
 joigniez /ʒwa.ɲje/  | 
 joignent /ʒwaɲ/  | 
| imperfect1 | 
joignisse /ʒwa.ɲis/  | 
joignisses /ʒwa.ɲis/  | 
joignît /ʒwa.ɲi/  | 
joignissions /ʒwa.ɲi.sjɔ̃/  | 
joignissiez /ʒwa.ɲi.sje/  | 
joignissent /ʒwa.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 | – | |
| — |  joins /ʒwɛ̃/  | 
— |  joignons /ʒwa.ɲɔ̃/  | 
 joignez /ʒwa.ɲe/  | 
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
Norman
Etymology
From Old French joindre, from Latin iungō, iungere (“join, yoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, unite”).
Verb
joindre
Old French
Etymology
From Latin iungere, present active infinitive of iungō (“join”).
Verb
joindre
- to meet up with; to go and see
 -  to join; to join onto
-  circa 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
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La ou l’espaule au col se joint
- At the point where the shoulder joins onto the neck
 
 
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La ou l’espaule au col se joint
 
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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 joindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | joindre | avoir joint | |||||
| gerund | en joignant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | joignant | ||||||
| past participle | joint | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
|  simple tenses  | 
present | joing | joinz | joint | joignons | joigniez | joignent | 
| imperfect | joignoie, joigneie | joignoies, joigneies | joignoit, joigneit | joigniiens, joigniens | joigniiez, joigniez | joignoient, joigneient | |
| preterite | joins | joinsis | joinst | joinsimes | joinsistes | joinstrent | |
| future | joindrai | joindras | joindra | joindrons | joindroiz, joindreiz, joindrez | joindront | |
| conditional | joindroie, joindreie | joindroies, joindreies | joindroit, joindreit | joindriiens, joindriens | joindriiez, joindriez | joindroient, joindreient | |
|  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 | joigne | joignes | joigne | joigniens, joignons | joigniez | joignent | 
| imperfect | joinsisse | joinsisses | joinsist | joinsissons, joinsissiens | joinsissoiz, joinsissez, joinsissiez | joinsissent | |
|  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 | – | |
| — | joing | — | joignons | joigniez | — | ||