oindre
French
Etymology
From Old French oindre, from Latin ungere, present active infinitive of ungō, from unguō, from Proto-Italic *ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“anoint”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɛ̃dʁ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -wɛ̃dʁ
Verb
oindre
- (dated) 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)
| infinitive | simple | oindre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | oignant /wa.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | oint /wɛ̃/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (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/ | |
| past historic2 | oignis /wa.ɲi/ | oignis /wa.ɲi/ | oignit /wa.ɲi/ | oignîmes /wa.ɲim/ | oignîtes /wa.ɲit/ | oignirent /wa.ɲiʁ/ | |
| future | oindrai /wɛ̃.dʁe/ | oindras /wɛ̃.dʁa/ | oindra /wɛ̃.dʁa/ | oindrons /wɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | oindrez /wɛ̃.dʁe/ | oindront /wɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | oindrais /wɛ̃.dʁɛ/ | oindrais /wɛ̃.dʁɛ/ | oindrait /wɛ̃.dʁɛ/ | oindrions /wɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ | oindriez /wɛ̃.dʁi.je/ | oindraient /wɛ̃.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 | oigne /waɲ/ | oignes /waɲ/ | oigne /waɲ/ | oignions /wa.ɲjɔ̃/ | oigniez /wa.ɲje/ | oignent /waɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | oignisse /wa.ɲis/ | oignisses /wa.ɲis/ | oignît /wa.ɲi/ | oignissions /wa.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ | oignissiez /wa.ɲi.sje/ | oignissent /wa.ɲis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | oins /wɛ̃/ | — | oignons /wa.ɲɔ̃/ | oignez /wa.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- oignez vilain, il vous poindra ; poignez vilain, il vous oindra
Related terms
- onction
- onguent
Further reading
- “oindre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- dorien
Old French
Etymology
From Latin ungere, present active infinitive of ungō.
Verb
oindre
- to anoint
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 165 of this essay:
- Item on leur doit oindre le pis de c’est onguent
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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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 | — | ||
Related terms
- onguent
Descendants
- French: oindre
Further reading
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (oindre)