empreindre

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin imprimere, present active infinitive of imprimō, possibly through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *impremere. Doublet of imprimer, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃dʁ/

Verb

empreindre

  1. (transitive) to imprint
  2. (transitive) to influence
  3. (transitive) to imbue (with)
  4. (reflexive) to become imbued (with)

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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