atteindre

French

Etymology

From Old French ateindre, ataindre, from Vulgar Latin *attangere, alteration of Latin attingere, present active infinitive of attingō, based on tangō, tangere.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

atteindre

  1. to attain
  2. to reach
  3. to accomplish
  4. to achieve

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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