emboire

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin imbibere. Doublet of imbiber, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.bwaʁ/

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Verb

emboire

1. (chiefly arts) to impregnate
2. (reflexive, art, of a painting) to take a dark colour

Conjugation

Conjugation of emboire (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	emboire
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	embuvant /ɑ̃.by.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		embu /ɑ̃.by/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	embois /ɑ̃.bwa/	embois /ɑ̃.bwa/	emboit /ɑ̃.bwa/	embuvons /ɑ̃.by.vɔ̃/	embuvez /ɑ̃.by.ve/	emboivent /ɑ̃.bwav/
	imperfect	embuvais /ɑ̃.by.vɛ/	embuvais /ɑ̃.by.vɛ/	embuvait /ɑ̃.by.vɛ/	embuvions /ɑ̃.by.vjɔ̃/	embuviez /ɑ̃.by.vje/	embuvaient /ɑ̃.by.vɛ/
	past historic2	embus /ɑ̃.by/	embus /ɑ̃.by/	embut /ɑ̃.by/	embûmes /ɑ̃.bym/	embûtes /ɑ̃.byt/	emburent /ɑ̃.byʁ/
	future	emboirai /ɑ̃.bwa.ʁe/	emboiras /ɑ̃.bwa.ʁa/	emboira /ɑ̃.bwa.ʁa/	emboirons /ɑ̃.bwa.ʁɔ̃/	emboirez /ɑ̃.bwa.ʁe/	emboiront /ɑ̃.bwa.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	emboirais /ɑ̃.bwa.ʁɛ/	emboirais /ɑ̃.bwa.ʁɛ/	emboirait /ɑ̃.bwa.ʁɛ/	emboirions /ɑ̃.bwa.ʁjɔ̃/	emboiriez /ɑ̃.bwa.ʁje/	emboiraient /ɑ̃.bwa.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	emboive /ɑ̃.bwav/	emboives /ɑ̃.bwav/	emboive /ɑ̃.bwav/	embuvions /ɑ̃.by.vjɔ̃/	embuviez /ɑ̃.by.vje/	emboivent /ɑ̃.bwav/
	imperfect2	embusse /ɑ̃.bys/	embusses /ɑ̃.bys/	embût /ɑ̃.by/	embussions /ɑ̃.by.sjɔ̃/	embussiez /ɑ̃.by.sje/	embussent /ɑ̃.bys/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	embois /ɑ̃.bwa/	—	embuvons /ɑ̃.by.vɔ̃/	embuvez /ɑ̃.by.ve/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Conjugation of s'emboire (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	s'emboire
	compound	s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	s’embuvant /sɑ̃.by.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		embu /ɑ̃.by/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	m’embois /mɑ̃.bwa/	t’embois /tɑ̃.bwa/	s’emboit /sɑ̃.bwa/	nous embuvons /nu.z‿ɑ̃.by.vɔ̃/	vous embuvez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.by.ve/	s’emboivent /sɑ̃.bwav/
	imperfect	m’embuvais /mɑ̃.by.vɛ/	t’embuvais /tɑ̃.by.vɛ/	s’embuvait /sɑ̃.by.vɛ/	nous embuvions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.by.vjɔ̃/	vous embuviez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.by.vje/	s’embuvaient /sɑ̃.by.vɛ/
	past historic2	m’embus /mɑ̃.by/	t’embus /tɑ̃.by/	s’embut /sɑ̃.by/	nous embûmes /nu.z‿ɑ̃.bym/	vous embûtes /vu.z‿ɑ̃.byt/	s’emburent /sɑ̃.byʁ/
	future	m’emboirai /mɑ̃.bwa.ʁe/	t’emboiras /tɑ̃.bwa.ʁa/	s’emboira /sɑ̃.bwa.ʁa/	nous emboirons /nu.z‿ɑ̃.bwa.ʁɔ̃/	vous emboirez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.bwa.ʁe/	s’emboiront /sɑ̃.bwa.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	m’emboirais /mɑ̃.bwa.ʁɛ/	t’emboirais /tɑ̃.bwa.ʁɛ/	s’emboirait /sɑ̃.bwa.ʁɛ/	nous emboirions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.bwa.ʁjɔ̃/	vous emboiriez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.bwa.ʁje/	s’emboiraient /sɑ̃.bwa.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	m’emboive /mɑ̃.bwav/	t’emboives /tɑ̃.bwav/	s’emboive /sɑ̃.bwav/	nous embuvions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.by.vjɔ̃/	vous embuviez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.by.vje/	s’emboivent /sɑ̃.bwav/
	imperfect2	m’embusse /mɑ̃.bys/	t’embusses /tɑ̃.bys/	s’embût /sɑ̃.by/	nous embussions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.by.sjɔ̃/	vous embussiez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.by.sje/	s’embussent /sɑ̃.bys/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	embois-toi /ɑ̃.bwa.twa/	—	embuvons-nous /ɑ̃.by.vɔ̃.nu/	embuvez-vous /ɑ̃.by.ve.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + 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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

“emboire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.