esquinter
French
Etymology
From Occitan esquintar, from Old Occitan esquintar, probably from Vulgar Latin *exquintare (“divide into five”), from Latin ex- + quintus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛs.kɛ̃.te/
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Verb
esquinter
- to damage, ruin, or wear out, especially through use or misuse
- Ce livre est entièrement esquinté par manque de soin.
- This book is all beat up from carelessness.
- À sauter sur ce fauteuil, tu vas l'esquinter.
- You're going to ruin that armchair by jumping on it.
Conjugation
Conjugation of esquinter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | esquinter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | esquintant /ɛs.kɛ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | esquinté /ɛs.kɛ̃.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | esquinte /ɛs.kɛ̃t/ | esquintes /ɛs.kɛ̃t/ | esquinte /ɛs.kɛ̃t/ | esquintons /ɛs.kɛ̃.tɔ̃/ | esquintez /ɛs.kɛ̃.te/ | esquintent /ɛs.kɛ̃t/ |
| imperfect | esquintais /ɛs.kɛ̃.tɛ/ | esquintais /ɛs.kɛ̃.tɛ/ | esquintait /ɛs.kɛ̃.tɛ/ | esquintions /ɛs.kɛ̃.tjɔ̃/ | esquintiez /ɛs.kɛ̃.tje/ | esquintaient /ɛs.kɛ̃.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | esquintai /ɛs.kɛ̃.te/ | esquintas /ɛs.kɛ̃.ta/ | esquinta /ɛs.kɛ̃.ta/ | esquintâmes /ɛs.kɛ̃.tam/ | esquintâtes /ɛs.kɛ̃.tat/ | esquintèrent /ɛs.kɛ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | esquinterai /ɛs.kɛ̃.tʁe/ | esquinteras /ɛs.kɛ̃.tʁa/ | esquintera /ɛs.kɛ̃.tʁa/ | esquinterons /ɛs.kɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | esquinterez /ɛs.kɛ̃.tʁe/ | esquinteront /ɛs.kɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | esquinterais /ɛs.kɛ̃.tʁɛ/ | esquinterais /ɛs.kɛ̃.tʁɛ/ | esquinterait /ɛs.kɛ̃.tʁɛ/ | esquinterions /ɛs.kɛ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | esquinteriez /ɛs.kɛ̃.tə.ʁje/ | esquinteraient /ɛs.kɛ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | esquinte /ɛs.kɛ̃t/ | esquintes /ɛs.kɛ̃t/ | esquinte /ɛs.kɛ̃t/ | esquintions /ɛs.kɛ̃.tjɔ̃/ | esquintiez /ɛs.kɛ̃.tje/ | esquintent /ɛs.kɛ̃t/ |
| imperfect2 | esquintasse /ɛs.kɛ̃.tas/ | esquintasses /ɛs.kɛ̃.tas/ | esquintât /ɛs.kɛ̃.ta/ | esquintassions /ɛs.kɛ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ | esquintassiez /ɛs.kɛ̃.ta.sje/ | esquintassent /ɛs.kɛ̃.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | esquinte /ɛs.kɛ̃t/ | — | esquintons /ɛs.kɛ̃.tɔ̃/ | esquintez /ɛs.kɛ̃.te/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “esquinter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- trinquées