esquinter

French

Etymology

From Occitan esquintar, from Old Occitan esquintar, probably from Vulgar Latin *exquintare (“divide into five”), from Latin ex- + quintus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛskɛ̃te/

Verb

esquinter

  1. to damage, ruin, or wear out, especially through use or misuse.
    Ce livre est entièrement esquinté par manque de soin.
    This book is all beat up from carelessness.
    À sauter sur ce fauteuil, tu vas l'esquinter.
    You're going to ruin that armchair by jumping on it.

Conjugation
Conjugation of esquinter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle esquintant
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tɑ̃/
past participle esquinté
/ɛs.kɛ̃.te/
infinitive
simple esquinter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple esquintant
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present esquinte
/ɛs.kɛ̃t/		 esquintes
/ɛs.kɛ̃t/		 esquinte
/ɛs.kɛ̃t/		 esquintons
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tɔ̃/		 esquintez
/ɛs.kɛ̃.te/		 esquintent
/ɛs.kɛ̃t/
imperfect esquintais
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tɛ/		 esquintais
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tɛ/		 esquintait
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tɛ/		 esquintions
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tjɔ̃/		 esquintiez
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tje/		 esquintaient
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 esquintai
/ɛs.kɛ̃.te/		 esquintas
/ɛs.kɛ̃.ta/		 esquinta
/ɛs.kɛ̃.ta/		 esquintâmes
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tam/		 esquintâtes
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tat/		 esquintèrent
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tɛʁ/
future esquinterai
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tʁe/		 esquinteras
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tʁa/		 esquintera
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tʁa/		 esquinterons
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/		 esquinterez
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tʁe/		 esquinteront
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional esquinterais
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tʁɛ/		 esquinterais
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tʁɛ/		 esquinterait
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tʁɛ/		 esquinterions
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 esquinteriez
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tə.ʁje/		 esquinteraient
/ɛs.kɛ̃.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 esquinte
/ɛs.kɛ̃t/		 esquintes
/ɛs.kɛ̃t/		 esquinte
/ɛs.kɛ̃t/		 esquintions
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tjɔ̃/		 esquintiez
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tje/		 esquintent
/ɛs.kɛ̃t/
imperfect2 esquintasse
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tas/		 esquintasses
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tas/		 esquintât
/ɛs.kɛ̃.ta/		 esquintassions
/ɛs.kɛ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/		 esquintassiez
/ɛs.kɛ̃.ta.sje/		 esquintassent
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — esquinte
/ɛs.kɛ̃t/		 — esquintons
/ɛs.kɛ̃.tɔ̃/		 esquintez
/ɛs.kɛ̃.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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