veiner
English
Etymology
Noun
veiner (plural veiners)
- A tool for cutting small decorative furrows in the surface of a piece of wood.
- A pastry mould used to create an impression in the shape of a veined leaf.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
veiner
- to vein (streak with marks similar to veins)
Conjugation
Conjugation of veiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | veiner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | veinant /vɛ.nɑ̃/ or /ve.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | veiné /vɛ.ne/ or /ve.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | veine /vɛn/ |
veines /vɛn/ |
veine /vɛn/ |
veinons /vɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ve.nɔ̃/ |
veinez /vɛ.ne/ or /ve.ne/ |
veinent /vɛn/ |
| imperfect | veinais /vɛ.nɛ/ or /ve.nɛ/ |
veinais /vɛ.nɛ/ or /ve.nɛ/ |
veinait /vɛ.nɛ/ or /ve.nɛ/ |
veinions /vɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ve.njɔ̃/ |
veiniez /vɛ.nje/ or /ve.nje/ |
veinaient /vɛ.nɛ/ or /ve.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | veinai /vɛ.ne/ or /ve.ne/ |
veinas /vɛ.na/ or /ve.na/ |
veina /vɛ.na/ or /ve.na/ |
veinâmes /vɛ.nam/ or /ve.nam/ |
veinâtes /vɛ.nat/ or /ve.nat/ |
veinèrent /vɛ.nɛʁ/ or /ve.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | veinerai /vɛn.ʁe/ |
veineras /vɛn.ʁa/ |
veinera /vɛn.ʁa/ |
veinerons /vɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
veinerez /vɛn.ʁe/ |
veineront /vɛn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | veinerais /vɛn.ʁɛ/ |
veinerais /vɛn.ʁɛ/ |
veinerait /vɛn.ʁɛ/ |
veinerions /vɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ve.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
veineriez /vɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /ve.nə.ʁje/ |
veineraient /vɛn.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | veine /vɛn/ |
veines /vɛn/ |
veine /vɛn/ |
veinions /vɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ve.njɔ̃/ |
veiniez /vɛ.nje/ or /ve.nje/ |
veinent /vɛn/ |
| imperfect2 | veinasse /vɛ.nas/ or /ve.nas/ |
veinasses /vɛ.nas/ or /ve.nas/ |
veinât /vɛ.na/ or /ve.na/ |
veinassions /vɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ve.na.sjɔ̃/ |
veinassiez /vɛ.na.sje/ or /ve.na.sje/ |
veinassent /vɛ.nas/ or /ve.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | veine /vɛn/ |
— | veinons /vɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ve.nɔ̃/ |
veinez /vɛ.ne/ or /ve.ne/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “veiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.