atteindre

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ateindre, ataindre, from Vulgar Latin *attangere, alteration of Latin attingō, from tangō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.tɛ̃dʁ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛ̃dʁ

Verb

atteindre

  1. to attain
  2. to reach
  3. to accomplish
  4. to achieve
  5. (disease, curse, pain) to affect

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.

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