éteindre
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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French esteindre, from Old French estaindre, from Latin extinguere.
Pronunciation
Verb
éteindre
- to turn off (a switch, device, etc.)
- 2021, Angèle, Pensées positives:
- Besoin de pensées positives ? Éteins l’ordinateur !
- Need to think positive thoughts? Turn off the computer!
- to put out, to extinguish (a fire)
- (reflexive) to die out, fade
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.
| infinitive | simple | éteindre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | éteignant /e.tɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /e.te.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | éteint /e.tɛ̃/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | éteins /e.tɛ̃/ |
éteins /e.tɛ̃/ |
éteint /e.tɛ̃/ |
éteignons /e.tɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /e.te.ɲɔ̃/ |
éteignez /e.tɛ.ɲe/ or /e.te.ɲe/ |
éteignent /e.tɛɲ/ |
| imperfect | éteignais /e.tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /e.te.ɲɛ/ |
éteignais /e.tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /e.te.ɲɛ/ |
éteignait /e.tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /e.te.ɲɛ/ |
éteignions /e.tɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /e.te.ɲjɔ̃/ |
éteigniez /e.tɛ.ɲje/ or /e.te.ɲje/ |
éteignaient /e.tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /e.te.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | éteignis /e.tɛ.ɲi/ or /e.te.ɲi/ |
éteignis /e.tɛ.ɲi/ or /e.te.ɲi/ |
éteignit /e.tɛ.ɲi/ or /e.te.ɲi/ |
éteignîmes /e.tɛ.ɲim/ or /e.te.ɲim/ |
éteignîtes /e.tɛ.ɲit/ or /e.te.ɲit/ |
éteignirent /e.tɛ.ɲiʁ/ or /e.te.ɲiʁ/ | |
| future | éteindrai /e.tɛ̃.dʁe/ |
éteindras /e.tɛ̃.dʁa/ |
éteindra /e.tɛ̃.dʁa/ |
éteindrons /e.tɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
éteindrez /e.tɛ̃.dʁe/ |
éteindront /e.tɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | éteindrais /e.tɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
éteindrais /e.tɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
éteindrait /e.tɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
éteindrions /e.tɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
éteindriez /e.tɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
éteindraient /e.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 | éteigne /e.tɛɲ/ |
éteignes /e.tɛɲ/ |
éteigne /e.tɛɲ/ |
éteignions /e.tɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /e.te.ɲjɔ̃/ |
éteigniez /e.tɛ.ɲje/ or /e.te.ɲje/ |
éteignent /e.tɛɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | éteignisse /e.tɛ.ɲis/ or /e.te.ɲis/ |
éteignisses /e.tɛ.ɲis/ or /e.te.ɲis/ |
éteignît /e.tɛ.ɲi/ or /e.te.ɲi/ |
éteignissions /e.tɛ.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ or /e.te.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ |
éteignissiez /e.tɛ.ɲi.sje/ or /e.te.ɲi.sje/ |
éteignissent /e.tɛ.ɲis/ or /e.te.ɲis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | éteins /e.tɛ̃/ |
— | éteignons /e.tɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /e.te.ɲɔ̃/ |
éteignez /e.tɛ.ɲe/ or /e.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of éteindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
Antonyms
Related terms
Further reading
- “éteindre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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