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ceindre
ceindre
French
Verb
ceindre
- (transitive) to put on (clothes, which fit around a part of the body)
- (transitive) to wrap round
- (figuratively) to don (an item of ceremonious clothing)
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 ceindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | ceindre | avoir ceint | |||||
| gerund | en ceignant | en ayant ceint | |||||
| present participle | ceignant /sɛ.ɲɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | ceint /sɛ̃/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | ceins /sɛ̃/ |
ceins /sɛ̃/ |
ceint /sɛ̃/ |
ceignons /sɛ.ɲɔ̃/ |
ceignez /sɛ.ɲe/ |
ceignent /sɛɲ/ |
| imperfect | ceignais /sɛ.ɲɛ/ |
ceignais /sɛ.ɲɛ/ |
ceignait /sɛ.ɲɛ/ |
ceignions /sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ |
ceigniez /sɛ.ɲje/ |
ceignaient /sɛ.ɲɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | ceignis /sɛ.ɲi/ |
ceignis /sɛ.ɲi/ |
ceignit /sɛ.ɲi/ |
ceignîmes /sɛ.ɲim/ |
ceignîtes /sɛ.ɲit/ |
ceignirent /sɛ.ɲiʁ/ |
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| future | ceindrai /sɛ̃.dʁe/ |
ceindras /sɛ̃.dʁa/ |
ceindra /sɛ̃.dʁa/ |
ceindrons /sɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
ceindrez /sɛ̃.dʁe/ |
ceindront /sɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | ceindrais /sɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
ceindrais /sɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
ceindrait /sɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
ceindrions /sɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
ceindriez /sɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
ceindraient /sɛ̃.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 | ceigne /sɛɲ/ |
ceignes /sɛɲ/ |
ceigne /sɛɲ/ |
ceignions /sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ |
ceigniez /sɛ.ɲje/ |
ceignent /sɛɲ/ |
| imperfect1 |
ceignisse /sɛ.ɲis/ |
ceignisses /sɛ.ɲis/ |
ceignît /sɛ.ɲi/ |
ceignissions /sɛ.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ |
ceignissiez /sɛ.ɲi.sje/ |
ceignissent /sɛ.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 | – | |
| — | ceins /sɛ̃/ |
— | ceignons /sɛ.ɲɔ̃/ |
ceignez /sɛ.ɲe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
- ceindre l'écharpe
- ceindre la tiare
Related terms
Old French
Etymology
From Latin cingere, present active infinitive of cingō.
Verb
ceindre
- (transitive) to put on (clothes, which fit around a part of the body; a sword)
- (transitive) to wrap round
- (figuratively) to don (an item of ceremonious clothing)
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 ceindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | ceindre | avoir ceint | |||||
| gerund | en ceignant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | ceignant | ||||||
| past participle | ceint | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | ceing | ceinz | ceint | ceignons | ceigniez | ceignent |
| imperfect | ceignoie, ceigneie | ceignoies, ceigneies | ceignoit, ceigneit | ceigniiens, ceigniens | ceigniiez, ceigniez | ceignoient, ceigneient | |
| preterite | ceins | ceinsis | ceinst | ceinsimes | ceinsistes | ceinstrent | |
| future | ceindrai | ceindras | ceindra | ceindrons | ceindroiz, ceindreiz, ceindrez | ceindront | |
| conditional | ceindroie, ceindreie | ceindroies, ceindreies | ceindroit, ceindreit | ceindriiens, ceindriens | ceindriiez, ceindriez | ceindroient, ceindreient | |
| 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 | ceigne | ceignes | ceigne | ceigniens, ceignons | ceigniez | ceignent |
| imperfect | ceinsisse | ceinsisses | ceinsist | ceinsissons, ceinsissiens | ceinsissoiz, ceinsissez, ceinsissiez | ceinsissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | ceing | — | ceignons | ceigniez | — | ||
Related terms
Descendants
- French: ceindre
References
- “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-09838-6, page 150
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (ceindre, supplement)