éteindre
French
Etymology
From Middle French esteindre, from Old French estaindre, from Latin extinguere, present active infinitive of extinguō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.tɛ̃dʁ/
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Verb
éteindre
- to turn off (a switch, device, etc.)
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- to put out (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.
Conjugation of éteindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| 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). | |||||||
Antonyms
- allumer
Related terms
- éteint
- extinction
- distinguer
Further reading
- “éteindre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.