éreinter

French

Etymology

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

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)
present participle éreintant
/e.ʁɛ̃.tɑ̃/
past participle éreinté
/e.ʁɛ̃.te/
infinitive
simple éreinter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple éreintant
/e.ʁɛ̃.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 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 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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