éreinter

French

Etymology

From é- +‎ rein (“kidney; loin”) +‎ -er, with non-etymological t.

Pronunciation
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Verb

éreinter

  1. to wear out, to exhaust
  2. (figuratively) to criticize strongly
  3. (reflexive) to wear oneself out

Conjugation
Conjugation of éreinter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple éreinter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple éreintant
/e.ʁɛ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle éreinté
/e.ʁɛ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present éreinte
/e.ʁɛ̃t/		 éreintes
/e.ʁɛ̃t/		 éreinte
/e.ʁɛ̃t/		 éreintons
/e.ʁɛ̃.tɔ̃/		 éreintez
/e.ʁɛ̃.te/		 éreintent
/e.ʁɛ̃t/
imperfect éreintais
/e.ʁɛ̃.tɛ/		 éreintais
/e.ʁɛ̃.tɛ/		 éreintait
/e.ʁɛ̃.tɛ/		 éreintions
/e.ʁɛ̃.tjɔ̃/		 éreintiez
/e.ʁɛ̃.tje/		 éreintaient
/e.ʁɛ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 éreintai
/e.ʁɛ̃.te/		 éreintas
/e.ʁɛ̃.ta/		 éreinta
/e.ʁɛ̃.ta/		 éreintâmes
/e.ʁɛ̃.tam/		 éreintâtes
/e.ʁɛ̃.tat/		 éreintèrent
/e.ʁɛ̃.tɛʁ/
future éreinterai
/e.ʁɛ̃.tʁe/		 éreinteras
/e.ʁɛ̃.tʁa/		 éreintera
/e.ʁɛ̃.tʁa/		 éreinterons
/e.ʁɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/		 éreinterez
/e.ʁɛ̃.tʁe/		 éreinteront
/e.ʁɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional éreinterais
/e.ʁɛ̃.tʁɛ/		 éreinterais
/e.ʁɛ̃.tʁɛ/		 éreinterait
/e.ʁɛ̃.tʁɛ/		 éreinterions
/e.ʁɛ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 éreinteriez
/e.ʁɛ̃.tə.ʁje/		 éreinteraient
/e.ʁɛ̃.tʁɛ/
(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 éreinte
/e.ʁɛ̃t/		 éreintes
/e.ʁɛ̃t/		 éreinte
/e.ʁɛ̃t/		 éreintions
/e.ʁɛ̃.tjɔ̃/		 éreintiez
/e.ʁɛ̃.tje/		 éreintent
/e.ʁɛ̃t/
imperfect2 éreintasse
/e.ʁɛ̃.tas/		 éreintasses
/e.ʁɛ̃.tas/		 éreintât
/e.ʁɛ̃.ta/		 éreintassions
/e.ʁɛ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/		 éreintassiez
/e.ʁɛ̃.ta.sje/		 éreintassent
/e.ʁɛ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — éreinte
/e.ʁɛ̃t/		 — éreintons
/e.ʁɛ̃.tɔ̃/		 éreintez
/e.ʁɛ̃.te/		 —
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).

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