empreindre
French, verb/ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃dʁ/
empreindre is spelled E-M-P-R-E-I-N-D-R-E (10 letters). Empreindre is a French verb meaning “to imprint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Imprimer une figure, un dessin, des traits sur une surface”.
What does empreindre mean in English?
verb
- 1
to imprint
- 2
to influence
- 3
to imbue (with)
- 4
to become imbued (with)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Imprimer une figure, un dessin, des traits sur une surface. 2. Influencer, marquer. 3. Se marquer, s’imprégner 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 empreindre
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- empreignant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- empreint participle past
- empreins first-person indicative present
- empreignons first-person indicative plural
- empreignez indicative plural present
- empreignent indicative plural present
- empreignais first-person imperfect indicative
- empreignait imperfect indicative singular
- empreignions first-person imperfect indicative
- empreigniez imperfect indicative plural
- empreignaient imperfect indicative plural
- empreignis first-person historic indicative
- empreignit historic indicative past
- empreignîmes first-person historic indicative
- empreignîtes historic indicative past
- empreignirent historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empreindre?
- /ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃dʁ/
- \ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃dʁ\
- [ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃.d̪ʁɘ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.