oindre

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French oindre, from Latin ungere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛ̃dʁ/

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• Rhymes: -wɛ̃dʁ

Verb

oindre

1. (dated) to anoint

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 oindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	oindre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	oignant /wa.ɲɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		oint /wɛ̃/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	oins /wɛ̃/	oins /wɛ̃/	oint /wɛ̃/	oignons /wa.ɲɔ̃/	oignez /wa.ɲe/	oignent /waɲ/
	imperfect	oignais /wa.ɲɛ/	oignais /wa.ɲɛ/	oignait /wa.ɲɛ/	oignions /wa.ɲjɔ̃/	oigniez /wa.ɲje/	oignaient /wa.ɲɛ/
	past historic2	oignis /wa.ɲi/	oignis /wa.ɲi/	oignit /wa.ɲi/	oignîmes /wa.ɲim/	oignîtes /wa.ɲit/	oignirent /wa.ɲiʁ/
	future	oindrai /wɛ̃.dʁe/	oindras /wɛ̃.dʁa/	oindra /wɛ̃.dʁa/	oindrons /wɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/	oindrez /wɛ̃.dʁe/	oindront /wɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	oindrais /wɛ̃.dʁɛ/	oindrais /wɛ̃.dʁɛ/	oindrait /wɛ̃.dʁɛ/	oindrions /wɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	oindriez /wɛ̃.dʁi.je/	oindraient /wɛ̃.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	oigne /waɲ/	oignes /waɲ/	oigne /waɲ/	oignions /wa.ɲjɔ̃/	oigniez /wa.ɲje/	oignent /waɲ/
	imperfect2	oignisse /wa.ɲis/	oignisses /wa.ɲis/	oignît /wa.ɲi/	oignissions /wa.ɲi.sjɔ̃/	oignissiez /wa.ɲi.sje/	oignissent /wa.ɲis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	oins /wɛ̃/	—	oignons /wa.ɲɔ̃/	oignez /wa.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).

Derived terms

• oignez vilain, il vous poindra ; poignez vilain, il vous oindra

Related terms

• onction
• onguent

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• dorien

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ungere.

Verb

oindre

1. to anoint
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 165 of this essay:

     Item on leur doit oindre le pis de cest onguent

     Likewise, one should anoint their chest with this ointment.

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 oindre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		oindre			avoir oint
gerund		en oignant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		oignant
past participle		oint
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	oing	oinz	oint	oignons	oigniez	oignent
	imperfect	oignoie, oigneie	oignoies, oigneies	oignoit, oigneit	oigniiens, oigniens	oigniiez, oigniez	oignoient, oigneient
	preterite	oins	oinsis	oinst	oinsimes	oinsistes	oinstrent
	future	oindrai	oindras	oindra	oindrons	oindroiz, oindreiz, oindrez	oindront
	conditional	oindroie, oindreie	oindroies, oindreies	oindroit, oindreit	oindriiens, oindriens	oindriiez, oindriez	oindroient, oindreient
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	oigne	oignes	oigne	oigniens, oignons	oigniez	oignent
	imperfect	oinsisse	oinsisses	oinsist	oinsissons, oinsissiens	oinsissoiz, oinsissez, oinsissiez	oinsissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	oing	—	oignons	oigniez	—

Related terms

• onguent

Descendants

• French: oindre

Further reading

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (oindre)