paître
See also: paitre
French
Alternative forms
- paitre (post-1990 spelling)
Etymology
From Old French paistre, from Latin pāscere, present active infinitive of pāscō, from Proto-Italic *pāskō, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛtʁ/
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Verb
paître (defective)
- (intransitive) to graze
Conjugation
This verb is not conjugated in certain tenses.
Conjugation of paître (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | paître | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | paissant /pɛ.sɑ̃/ or /pe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | pu /py/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | pais /pɛ/2 | pais /pɛ/ | paît /pɛ/ | paissons /pɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pe.sɔ̃/ | paissez /pɛ.se/ or /pe.se/ | paissent /pɛs/ |
| imperfect | paissais /pɛ.sɛ/ or /pe.sɛ/ | paissais /pɛ.sɛ/ or /pe.sɛ/ | paissait /pɛ.sɛ/ or /pe.sɛ/ | paissions /pɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pe.sjɔ̃/ | paissiez /pɛ.sje/ or /pe.sje/ | paissaient /pɛ.sɛ/ or /pe.sɛ/ | |
| past historic4 | pus /py/ | pus /py/ | put /py/ | pûmes /pym/ | pûtes /pyt/ | purent /pyʁ/ | |
| future | paîtrai /pɛ.tʁe/ or /pe.tʁe/ | paîtras /pɛ.tʁa/ or /pe.tʁa/ | paîtra /pɛ.tʁa/ or /pe.tʁa/ | paîtrons /pɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /pe.tʁɔ̃/ | paîtrez /pɛ.tʁe/ or /pe.tʁe/ | paîtront /pɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /pe.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | paîtrais /pɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pe.tʁɛ/ | paîtrais /pɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pe.tʁɛ/ | paîtrait /pɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pe.tʁɛ/ | paîtrions /pɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /pe.tʁi.jɔ̃/ | paîtriez /pɛ.tʁi.je/ or /pe.tʁi.je/ | paîtraient /pɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pe.tʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior4 | 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 | paisse /pɛs/3 | paisses /pɛs/ | paisse /pɛs/ | paissions /pɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /pe.sjɔ̃/ | paissiez /pɛ.sje/ or /pe.sje/ | paissent /pɛs/ |
| imperfect4 | pusse /pys/ | pusses /pys/ | pût /py/ | pussions /py.sjɔ̃/ | pussiez /py.sje/ | pussent /pys/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect4 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pais /pɛ/ | — | paissons /pɛ.sɔ̃/ or /pe.sɔ̃/ | paissez /pɛ.se/ or /pe.se/ | — | |
| 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 puis when inverted. | |||||||
| 3 puissé when inverted. | |||||||
4 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
- envoyer paître
Related terms
- appâter
- empêtrer
- pâtre
- pâture
- paisson
- pasteur
- pu
- repaître
Further reading
- “paître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- parité, partie, patrie, pirate, piraté, prêtai, repait, repaît
Norman
Etymology
From Old French paistre (“to graze”), from Latin pāscō, pāscere (“feed, nourish, maintain, support; pasture, drive to pasture, attend; feed, supply, cultivate, let grow; graze, browse”).
Verb
paître
- (Jersey) to graze
Derived terms
- env'yer tchitch'un à paître (“to send someone packing”)
- laîssi paître ès coucous (“to leave fallow”)