esteindre
Middle French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French esteindre, from Latin extinguō, extinguere.
Verb
esteindre
- to extinguish; to put out
- 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:
- Pour esteindre ce commencement de trouble
- To extinguish the start of the trouble
Descendants
- French: éteindre
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin extinguere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈtei̯ndɾə/
Verb
esteindre
- to extinguish; to put out
- (figuratively) to stop; to halt
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 esteindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | esteindre | avoir esteint | |||||
| gerund | en esteignant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | esteignant | ||||||
| past participle | esteint | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | esteing | esteinz | esteint | esteignons | esteigniez | esteignent |
| imperfect | esteignoie, esteigneie | esteignoies, esteigneies | esteignoit, esteigneit | esteigniiens, esteigniens | esteigniiez, esteigniez | esteignoient, esteigneient | |
| preterite | esteins | esteinsis | esteinst | esteinsimes | esteinsistes | esteinstrent | |
| future | esteindrai | esteindras | esteindra | esteindrons | esteindroiz, esteindreiz, esteindrez | esteindront | |
| conditional | esteindroie, esteindreie | esteindroies, esteindreies | esteindroit, esteindreit | esteindriiens, esteindriens | esteindriiez, esteindriez | esteindroient, esteindreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | esteigne | esteignes | esteigne | esteigniens, esteignons | esteigniez | esteignent |
| imperfect | esteinsisse | esteinsisses | esteinsist | esteinsissons, esteinsissiens | esteinsissoiz, esteinsissez, esteinsissiez | esteinsissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | esteing | — | esteignons | esteigniez | — | ||