repeindre

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ peindre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

repeindre

1. (transitive) to repaint

   je dois repeindre le mur

   I have to repaint the wall

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 repeindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	repeindre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	repeignant /ʁə.pɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		repeint /ʁə.pɛ̃/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	repeins /ʁə.pɛ̃/	repeins /ʁə.pɛ̃/	repeint /ʁə.pɛ̃/	repeignons /ʁə.pɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲɔ̃/	repeignez /ʁə.pɛ.ɲe/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲe/	repeignent /ʁə.pɛɲ/
	imperfect	repeignais /ʁə.pɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲɛ/	repeignais /ʁə.pɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲɛ/	repeignait /ʁə.pɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲɛ/	repeignions /ʁə.pɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲjɔ̃/	repeigniez /ʁə.pɛ.ɲje/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲje/	repeignaient /ʁə.pɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲɛ/
	past historic2	repeignis /ʁə.pɛ.ɲi/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲi/	repeignis /ʁə.pɛ.ɲi/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲi/	repeignit /ʁə.pɛ.ɲi/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲi/	repeignîmes /ʁə.pɛ.ɲim/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲim/	repeignîtes /ʁə.pɛ.ɲit/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲit/	repeignirent /ʁə.pɛ.ɲiʁ/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲiʁ/
	future	repeindrai /ʁə.pɛ̃.dʁe/	repeindras /ʁə.pɛ̃.dʁa/	repeindra /ʁə.pɛ̃.dʁa/	repeindrons /ʁə.pɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/	repeindrez /ʁə.pɛ̃.dʁe/	repeindront /ʁə.pɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	repeindrais /ʁə.pɛ̃.dʁɛ/	repeindrais /ʁə.pɛ̃.dʁɛ/	repeindrait /ʁə.pɛ̃.dʁɛ/	repeindrions /ʁə.pɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	repeindriez /ʁə.pɛ̃.dʁi.je/	repeindraient /ʁə.pɛ̃.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	repeigne /ʁə.pɛɲ/	repeignes /ʁə.pɛɲ/	repeigne /ʁə.pɛɲ/	repeignions /ʁə.pɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲjɔ̃/	repeigniez /ʁə.pɛ.ɲje/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲje/	repeignent /ʁə.pɛɲ/
	imperfect2	repeignisse /ʁə.pɛ.ɲis/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲis/	repeignisses /ʁə.pɛ.ɲis/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲis/	repeignît /ʁə.pɛ.ɲi/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲi/	repeignissions /ʁə.pɛ.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲi.sjɔ̃/	repeignissiez /ʁə.pɛ.ɲi.sje/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲi.sje/	repeignissent /ʁə.pɛ.ɲis/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	repeins /ʁə.pɛ̃/	—	repeignons /ʁə.pɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ɲɔ̃/	repeignez /ʁə.pɛ.ɲe/ or /ʁə.pe.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “repeindre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.