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oindre
oindre
French
Verb
oindre
- to anoint
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 oindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | oindre | avoir oint | |||||
| gerund | en oignant | en ayant oint | |||||
| present participle | oignant /wa.ɲɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | oint /wɛ̃/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | oins /wɛ̃/ |
oins /wɛ̃/ |
oint /wɛ̃/ |
oignons /wa.ɲɔ̃/ |
oignez /wa.ɲe/ |
oignent /waɲ/ |
| imperfect | oignais /wa.ɲɛ/ |
oignais /wa.ɲɛ/ |
oignait /wa.ɲɛ/ |
oignions /wa.ɲjɔ̃/ |
oigniez /wa.ɲje/ |
oignaient /wa.ɲɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | oignis /wa.ɲi/ |
oignis /wa.ɲi/ |
oignit /wa.ɲi/ |
oignîmes /wa.ɲim/ |
oignîtes /wa.ɲit/ |
oignirent /wa.ɲiʁ/ |
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| future | oindrai /wɛ̃.dʁe/ |
oindras /wɛ̃.dʁa/ |
oindra /wɛ̃.dʁa/ |
oindrons /wɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
oindrez /wɛ̃.dʁe/ |
oindront /wɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | oindrais /wɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
oindrais /wɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
oindrait /wɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
oindrions /wɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
oindriez /wɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
oindraient /wɛ̃.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 | oigne /waɲ/ |
oignes /waɲ/ |
oigne /waɲ/ |
oignions /wa.ɲjɔ̃/ |
oigniez /wa.ɲje/ |
oignent /waɲ/ |
| imperfect1 |
oignisse /wa.ɲis/ |
oignisses /wa.ɲis/ |
oignît /wa.ɲi/ |
oignissions /wa.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ |
oignissiez /wa.ɲi.sje/ |
oignissent /wa.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 | – | |
| — | oins /wɛ̃/ |
— | oignons /wa.ɲɔ̃/ |
oignez /wa.ɲe/ |
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Anagrams
Old French
Etymology
From Latin ungere, present active infinitive of ungō.
Verb
oindre
- to anoint
- 1303, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 165 of this essay:
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Item on leur doit oindre le pis de c’est onguent
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Item on leur doit oindre le pis de c’est onguent
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Related terms
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 oindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | oindre | avoir oint | |||||
| gerund | en oignant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | oignant | ||||||
| past participle | oint | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | oing | oinz | oint | oignons | oigniez | oignent |
| imperfect | oignoie, oigneie | oignoies, oigneies | oignoit, oigneit | oigniiens, oigniens | oigniiez, oigniez | oignoient, oigneient | |
| preterite | oins | oinsis | oinst | oinsimes | oinsistes | oinstrent | |
| future | oindrai | oindras | oindra | oindrons | oindroiz, oindreiz, oindrez | oindront | |
| conditional | oindroie, oindreie | oindroies, oindreies | oindroit, oindreit | oindriiens, oindriens | oindriiez, oindriez | oindroient, oindreient | |
| 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 | oigne | oignes | oigne | oigniens, oignons | oigniez | oignent |
| imperfect | oinsisse | oinsisses | oinsist | oinsissons, oinsissiens | oinsissoiz, oinsissez, oinsissiez | oinsissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | oing | — | oignons | oigniez | — | ||