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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French taindre, teindre, from Latin tingere, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (to soak, dip).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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teindre

  1. to dye
  2. to tint, tinge

Conjugation

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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 teindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple teindre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple teignant
/tɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /te.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle teint
/tɛ̃/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)
present teins
/tɛ̃/
teins
/tɛ̃/
teint
/tɛ̃/
teignons
/tɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /te.ɲɔ̃/
teignez
/tɛ.ɲe/ or /te.ɲe/
teignent
/tɛɲ/
imperfect teignais
/tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /te.ɲɛ/
teignais
/tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /te.ɲɛ/
teignait
/tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /te.ɲɛ/
teignions
/tɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /te.ɲjɔ̃/
teigniez
/tɛ.ɲje/ or /te.ɲje/
teignaient
/tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /te.ɲɛ/
past historic2 teignis
/tɛ.ɲi/ or /te.ɲi/
teignis
/tɛ.ɲi/ or /te.ɲi/
teignit
/tɛ.ɲi/ or /te.ɲi/
teignîmes
/tɛ.ɲim/ or /te.ɲim/
teignîtes
/tɛ.ɲit/ or /te.ɲit/
teignirent
/tɛ.ɲiʁ/ or /te.ɲiʁ/
future teindrai
/tɛ̃.dʁe/
teindras
/tɛ̃.dʁa/
teindra
/tɛ̃.dʁa/
teindrons
/tɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
teindrez
/tɛ̃.dʁe/
teindront
/tɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional teindrais
/tɛ̃.dʁɛ/
teindrais
/tɛ̃.dʁɛ/
teindrait
/tɛ̃.dʁɛ/
teindrions
/tɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/
teindriez
/tɛ̃.dʁi.je/
teindraient
/tɛ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)
present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)
present teigne
/tɛɲ/
teignes
/tɛɲ/
teigne
/tɛɲ/
teignions
/tɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /te.ɲjɔ̃/
teigniez
/tɛ.ɲje/ or /te.ɲje/
teignent
/tɛɲ/
imperfect2 teignisse
/tɛ.ɲis/ or /te.ɲis/
teignisses
/tɛ.ɲis/ or /te.ɲis/
teignît
/tɛ.ɲi/ or /te.ɲi/
teignissions
/tɛ.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ or /te.ɲi.sjɔ̃/
teignissiez
/tɛ.ɲi.sje/ or /te.ɲi.sje/
teignissent
/tɛ.ɲis/ or /te.ɲis/
(compound
tenses)
past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative tu nous vous
simple teins
/tɛ̃/
teignons
/tɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /te.ɲɔ̃/
teignez
/tɛ.ɲe/ or /te.ɲe/
compound simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Etymology

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From Old French taindre, teindre, from Latin tingō, tingere (colour, dye, tinge).

Verb

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teindre

  1. (Jersey, transitive) to dye

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