atteindre
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French ateindre, ataindre, from Vulgar Latin *attangere, alteration of Latin attingō, from tangō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.tɛ̃dʁ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛ̃dʁ
Verb
atteindre
- to attain
- to reach
- to accomplish
- to achieve
- (disease, curse, pain) to affect
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 atteindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | atteindre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | atteignant /a.tɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /a.te.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | atteint /a.tɛ̃/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | atteins /a.tɛ̃/ |
atteins /a.tɛ̃/ |
atteint /a.tɛ̃/ |
atteignons /a.tɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /a.te.ɲɔ̃/ |
atteignez /a.tɛ.ɲe/ or /a.te.ɲe/ |
atteignent /a.tɛɲ/ |
| imperfect | atteignais /a.tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /a.te.ɲɛ/ |
atteignais /a.tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /a.te.ɲɛ/ |
atteignait /a.tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /a.te.ɲɛ/ |
atteignions /a.tɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /a.te.ɲjɔ̃/ |
atteigniez /a.tɛ.ɲje/ or /a.te.ɲje/ |
atteignaient /a.tɛ.ɲɛ/ or /a.te.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | atteignis /a.tɛ.ɲi/ or /a.te.ɲi/ |
atteignis /a.tɛ.ɲi/ or /a.te.ɲi/ |
atteignit /a.tɛ.ɲi/ or /a.te.ɲi/ |
atteignîmes /a.tɛ.ɲim/ or /a.te.ɲim/ |
atteignîtes /a.tɛ.ɲit/ or /a.te.ɲit/ |
atteignirent /a.tɛ.ɲiʁ/ or /a.te.ɲiʁ/ | |
| future | atteindrai /a.tɛ̃.dʁe/ |
atteindras /a.tɛ̃.dʁa/ |
atteindra /a.tɛ̃.dʁa/ |
atteindrons /a.tɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
atteindrez /a.tɛ̃.dʁe/ |
atteindront /a.tɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | atteindrais /a.tɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
atteindrais /a.tɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
atteindrait /a.tɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
atteindrions /a.tɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
atteindriez /a.tɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
atteindraient /a.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 | atteigne /a.tɛɲ/ |
atteignes /a.tɛɲ/ |
atteigne /a.tɛɲ/ |
atteignions /a.tɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /a.te.ɲjɔ̃/ |
atteigniez /a.tɛ.ɲje/ or /a.te.ɲje/ |
atteignent /a.tɛɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | atteignisse /a.tɛ.ɲis/ or /a.te.ɲis/ |
atteignisses /a.tɛ.ɲis/ or /a.te.ɲis/ |
atteignît /a.tɛ.ɲi/ or /a.te.ɲi/ |
atteignissions /a.tɛ.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ or /a.te.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ |
atteignissiez /a.tɛ.ɲi.sje/ or /a.te.ɲi.sje/ |
atteignissent /a.tɛ.ɲis/ or /a.te.ɲis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | atteins /a.tɛ̃/ |
— | atteignons /a.tɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /a.te.ɲɔ̃/ |
atteignez /a.tɛ.ɲe/ or /a.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “atteindre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.