dépeindre
French, verb/de.pɛ̃dʁ/
dépeindre is spelled D-É-P-E-I-N-D-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dépeindre is a French verb meaning “to depict, portray” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Décrire et représenter par le discours”.
What does dépeindre mean in English?
verb
- 1
to depict, portray
- 2
rareto depaint (remove paint)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Décrire et représenter par le discours. 2. Enlever, faire disparaitre la peinture de quelque chose.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dépeindre
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- dépeignant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- dépeint participle past
- dépeins first-person indicative present
- dépeignons first-person indicative plural
- dépeignez indicative plural present
- dépeignent indicative plural present
- dépeignais first-person imperfect indicative
- dépeignait imperfect indicative singular
- dépeignions first-person imperfect indicative
- dépeigniez imperfect indicative plural
- dépeignaient imperfect indicative plural
- dépeignis first-person historic indicative
- dépeignit historic indicative past
- dépeignîmes first-person historic indicative
- dépeignîtes historic indicative past
- dépeignirent historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dépeindre?
- /de.pɛ̃dʁ/
- \de.pɛ̃dʁ\
- [de.pɛ̃dʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dépeindre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dépeindre in French?
dépeindre appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).