joindre

From Old French joindre, from Latin iungere, present active infinitive of iungō (“join”), from Proto-Italic *jungō, from Proto-Indo-European *yunégti ~ *yungénti, from the root *yewg-.

• IPA^(key): /ʒwɛ̃dʁ/

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• Hyphenation: joindre

joindre

1. to join
2. to join up

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.

• adjoindre
• disjoindre
• joint
• jointer
• jointure
• rejoindre

• “joindre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Old French joindre, from Latin iungō, iungere (“join, yoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, unite”).

joindre

1. (Jersey) to join

From Latin iungere, present active infinitive of iungō (“join”).

joindre

1. to meet up with; to go and see
2. to join; to join onto
   • circa 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     La ou l’espaule au col se joint

     At the point where the shoulder joins onto the neck

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• English: join
• French: joindre