embosser

English

Etymology

From emboss +‎ -er.

Noun

embosser (plural embossers)

1. A person who or a thing which embosses

Anagrams

• besomers, emborses

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

embosser

1. to emboss
2. (nautical) to moor a vessel with cables from both the prow and the stern

Conjugation

Conjugation of embosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	embosser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	embossant /ɑ̃.bɔ.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		embossé /ɑ̃.bɔ.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	embosse /ɑ̃.bɔs/	embosses /ɑ̃.bɔs/	embosse /ɑ̃.bɔs/	embossons /ɑ̃.bɔ.sɔ̃/	embossez /ɑ̃.bɔ.se/	embossent /ɑ̃.bɔs/
	imperfect	embossais /ɑ̃.bɔ.sɛ/	embossais /ɑ̃.bɔ.sɛ/	embossait /ɑ̃.bɔ.sɛ/	embossions /ɑ̃.bɔ.sjɔ̃/	embossiez /ɑ̃.bɔ.sje/	embossaient /ɑ̃.bɔ.sɛ/
	past historic2	embossai /ɑ̃.bɔ.se/	embossas /ɑ̃.bɔ.sa/	embossa /ɑ̃.bɔ.sa/	embossâmes /ɑ̃.bɔ.sam/	embossâtes /ɑ̃.bɔ.sat/	embossèrent /ɑ̃.bɔ.sɛʁ/
	future	embosserai /ɑ̃.bɔ.sʁe/	embosseras /ɑ̃.bɔ.sʁa/	embossera /ɑ̃.bɔ.sʁa/	embosserons /ɑ̃.bɔ.sʁɔ̃/	embosserez /ɑ̃.bɔ.sʁe/	embosseront /ɑ̃.bɔ.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	embosserais /ɑ̃.bɔ.sʁɛ/	embosserais /ɑ̃.bɔ.sʁɛ/	embosserait /ɑ̃.bɔ.sʁɛ/	embosserions /ɑ̃.bɔ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	embosseriez /ɑ̃.bɔ.sə.ʁje/	embosseraient /ɑ̃.bɔ.sʁɛ/
(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	embosse /ɑ̃.bɔs/	embosses /ɑ̃.bɔs/	embosse /ɑ̃.bɔs/	embossions /ɑ̃.bɔ.sjɔ̃/	embossiez /ɑ̃.bɔ.sje/	embossent /ɑ̃.bɔs/
	imperfect2	embossasse /ɑ̃.bɔ.sas/	embossasses /ɑ̃.bɔ.sas/	embossât /ɑ̃.bɔ.sa/	embossassions /ɑ̃.bɔ.sa.sjɔ̃/	embossassiez /ɑ̃.bɔ.sa.sje/	embossassent /ɑ̃.bɔ.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	embosse /ɑ̃.bɔs/	—	embossons /ɑ̃.bɔ.sɔ̃/	embossez /ɑ̃.bɔ.se/	—
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).

Further reading

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