guinder
French, verb/ɡɛ̃.de/
guinder is spelled G-U-I-N-D-E-R (7 letters). Guinder is a French verb meaning “to raise, erect; to hoist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hisser, treuiller, lever en haut par le moyen d’une poulie, d’un treuil”.
What does guinder mean in English?
verb
- 1
to raise, erect; to hoist
- 2
to sway, hoist (a yard, mast etc.)
- 3
to harden (someone), toughen (someone) up; to give (someone) strength
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hisser, treuiller, lever en haut par le moyen d’une poulie, d’un treuil. 2. Hisser un mât au moyen de la guinderesse. 3. Se dit en parlant de l’esprit et des choses d’esprit où une certaine recherche d’élévation s’accompagne de raideur.
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 guinder
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- guindant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- guindé participle past
- guinde first-person indicative present
- guindes indicative present second-person
- guindons first-person indicative plural
- guindez indicative plural present
- guindent indicative plural present
- guindais first-person imperfect indicative
- guindait imperfect indicative singular
- guindions first-person imperfect indicative
- guindiez imperfect indicative plural
- guindaient imperfect indicative plural
- guindai first-person historic indicative
- guindas historic indicative past
- guinda historic indicative past
- guindâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guinder?
- /ɡɛ̃.de/
- \ɡɛ̃.de\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.