Past tense of paint
regular verb
The past tense of paint is painted. The past participle is also painted.
Forms of paint
| Base form (V1) | paint /peɪnt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | painted /ˈpeɪn.tɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | painted /ˈpeɪn.tɪd/ |
| Present participle | painting /ˈpeɪn.tɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | paints /peɪnts/ |
Painted in a sentence
- I painted the bathroom walls light blue, and I painted the ceiling white.
- Sent to a minimized window when the icon's background must be filled before it is painted.1991, Ernest R Tello, Object-oriented Programming for Windows
- I've painted my room in five lovely shades of pink and chartreuse.From the entry shade
- OK, you've painted me a picture well enough; you don't need to overpaint it.From the entry overpaint
- Jack had dozens of miniatures of Napoleonic footsoldiers painted in detailed period regalia for his wargames.From the entry miniature
Meaning of paint
- noun A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
- noun A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.
- noun The free-throw lane, construed with the.
Questions about the past tense of paint
- What is the past tense of paint?
- The past tense of paint is painted.
- What is the past participle of paint?
- The past participle of paint is painted.
- Is paint a regular or irregular verb?
- Paint is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: paint (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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