teinter
French
Etymology
From teinte; ultimately from Latin tingere (“to dye, paint”). Compare Spanish tintar.
Pronunciation
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Verb
teinter
- to tint; to color
Conjugation
Conjugation of teinter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | teinter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | teintant /tɛ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | teinté /tɛ̃.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | teinte /tɛ̃t/ | teintes /tɛ̃t/ | teinte /tɛ̃t/ | teintons /tɛ̃.tɔ̃/ | teintez /tɛ̃.te/ | teintent /tɛ̃t/ |
| imperfect | teintais /tɛ̃.tɛ/ | teintais /tɛ̃.tɛ/ | teintait /tɛ̃.tɛ/ | teintions /tɛ̃.tjɔ̃/ | teintiez /tɛ̃.tje/ | teintaient /tɛ̃.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | teintai /tɛ̃.te/ | teintas /tɛ̃.ta/ | teinta /tɛ̃.ta/ | teintâmes /tɛ̃.tam/ | teintâtes /tɛ̃.tat/ | teintèrent /tɛ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | teinterai /tɛ̃.tʁe/ | teinteras /tɛ̃.tʁa/ | teintera /tɛ̃.tʁa/ | teinterons /tɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | teinterez /tɛ̃.tʁe/ | teinteront /tɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | teinterais /tɛ̃.tʁɛ/ | teinterais /tɛ̃.tʁɛ/ | teinterait /tɛ̃.tʁɛ/ | teinterions /tɛ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | teinteriez /tɛ̃.tə.ʁje/ | teinteraient /tɛ̃.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 | teinte /tɛ̃t/ | teintes /tɛ̃t/ | teinte /tɛ̃t/ | teintions /tɛ̃.tjɔ̃/ | teintiez /tɛ̃.tje/ | teintent /tɛ̃t/ |
| imperfect2 | teintasse /tɛ̃.tas/ | teintasses /tɛ̃.tas/ | teintât /tɛ̃.ta/ | teintassions /tɛ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ | teintassiez /tɛ̃.ta.sje/ | teintassent /tɛ̃.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | teinte /tɛ̃t/ | — | teintons /tɛ̃.tɔ̃/ | teintez /tɛ̃.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- teint
- teinté
- teinture
Further reading
- “teinter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- étirent, étreint, intérêt, itèrent, reteint, retenti, retient