embûcher
Appearance
See also: embucher
French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin *imboscāre, from in + boscus (“wood, woods”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]embûcher
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of embûcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | embûcher | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | embûchant /ɑ̃.by.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | embûché /ɑ̃.by.ʃe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | embûche /ɑ̃.byʃ/ |
embûches /ɑ̃.byʃ/ |
embûche /ɑ̃.byʃ/ |
embûchons /ɑ̃.by.ʃɔ̃/ |
embûchez /ɑ̃.by.ʃe/ |
embûchent /ɑ̃.byʃ/ |
imperfect | embûchais /ɑ̃.by.ʃɛ/ |
embûchais /ɑ̃.by.ʃɛ/ |
embûchait /ɑ̃.by.ʃɛ/ |
embûchions /ɑ̃.by.ʃjɔ̃/ |
embûchiez /ɑ̃.by.ʃje/ |
embûchaient /ɑ̃.by.ʃɛ/ | |
past historic2 | embûchai /ɑ̃.by.ʃe/ |
embûchas /ɑ̃.by.ʃa/ |
embûcha /ɑ̃.by.ʃa/ |
embûchâmes /ɑ̃.by.ʃam/ |
embûchâtes /ɑ̃.by.ʃat/ |
embûchèrent /ɑ̃.by.ʃɛʁ/ | |
future | embûcherai /ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁe/ |
embûcheras /ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁa/ |
embûchera /ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁa/ |
embûcherons /ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
embûcherez /ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁe/ |
embûcheront /ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | embûcherais /ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁɛ/ |
embûcherais /ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁɛ/ |
embûcherait /ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁɛ/ |
embûcherions /ɑ̃.by.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
embûcheriez /ɑ̃.by.ʃə.ʁje/ |
embûcheraient /ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | embûche /ɑ̃.byʃ/ |
embûches /ɑ̃.byʃ/ |
embûche /ɑ̃.byʃ/ |
embûchions /ɑ̃.by.ʃjɔ̃/ |
embûchiez /ɑ̃.by.ʃje/ |
embûchent /ɑ̃.byʃ/ |
imperfect2 | embûchasse /ɑ̃.by.ʃas/ |
embûchasses /ɑ̃.by.ʃas/ |
embûchât /ɑ̃.by.ʃa/ |
embûchassions /ɑ̃.by.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
embûchassiez /ɑ̃.by.ʃa.sje/ |
embûchassent /ɑ̃.by.ʃas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | embûche /ɑ̃.byʃ/ |
— | embûchons /ɑ̃.by.ʃɔ̃/ |
embûchez /ɑ̃.by.ʃe/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
[edit]- “embûcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.