emboucher

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French emboucher, from Old French embouchier. By surface analysis, en- +‎ bouche +‎ -er. Possibly corresponds to a Vulgar Latin *imbuccāre, from Latin bucca (compare Portuguese and Spanish embocar, Italian imboccare, Romanian îmbuca).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.bu.ʃe/

• Audio:

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Verb

emboucher

1. to place one's lips against the mouthpiece of a wind instrument
2. to place the bit in a horse's mouth
3. (informal) to tell off, to antagonize
4. (reflexive, informal) to argue

Conjugation

Conjugation of emboucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	emboucher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	embouchant /ɑ̃.bu.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		embouché /ɑ̃.bu.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	embouche /ɑ̃.buʃ/	embouches /ɑ̃.buʃ/	embouche /ɑ̃.buʃ/	embouchons /ɑ̃.bu.ʃɔ̃/	embouchez /ɑ̃.bu.ʃe/	embouchent /ɑ̃.buʃ/
	imperfect	embouchais /ɑ̃.bu.ʃɛ/	embouchais /ɑ̃.bu.ʃɛ/	embouchait /ɑ̃.bu.ʃɛ/	embouchions /ɑ̃.bu.ʃjɔ̃/	embouchiez /ɑ̃.bu.ʃje/	embouchaient /ɑ̃.bu.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	embouchai /ɑ̃.bu.ʃe/	embouchas /ɑ̃.bu.ʃa/	emboucha /ɑ̃.bu.ʃa/	embouchâmes /ɑ̃.bu.ʃam/	embouchâtes /ɑ̃.bu.ʃat/	embouchèrent /ɑ̃.bu.ʃɛʁ/
	future	emboucherai /ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁe/	emboucheras /ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁa/	embouchera /ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁa/	emboucherons /ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁɔ̃/	emboucherez /ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁe/	emboucheront /ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	emboucherais /ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁɛ/	emboucherais /ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁɛ/	emboucherait /ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁɛ/	emboucherions /ɑ̃.bu.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	emboucheriez /ɑ̃.bu.ʃə.ʁje/	emboucheraient /ɑ̃.buʃ.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	embouche /ɑ̃.buʃ/	embouches /ɑ̃.buʃ/	embouche /ɑ̃.buʃ/	embouchions /ɑ̃.bu.ʃjɔ̃/	embouchiez /ɑ̃.bu.ʃje/	embouchent /ɑ̃.buʃ/
	imperfect2	embouchasse /ɑ̃.bu.ʃas/	embouchasses /ɑ̃.bu.ʃas/	embouchât /ɑ̃.bu.ʃa/	embouchassions /ɑ̃.bu.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	embouchassiez /ɑ̃.bu.ʃa.sje/	embouchassent /ɑ̃.bu.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	embouche /ɑ̃.buʃ/	—	embouchons /ɑ̃.bu.ʃɔ̃/	embouchez /ɑ̃.bu.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: 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).

Derived terms

• embouchure

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

Old French embouchier, from en- +‎ bouche +‎ -ier.

Verb

emboucher

1. to inform (keep someone informed)

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of emboucher

infinitive	simple	emboucher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	embouchant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		embouché
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	embouche	embouches	embouche	embouchons	embouchez	embouchent
	imperfect	embouchois, embouchoys	embouchois, embouchoys	embouchoit, embouchoyt	embouchions, embouchyons	embouchiez, embouchyez	embouchoient, embouchoyent
	past historic	emboucha	embouchas	emboucha	embouchasmes	embouchastes	emboucherent
	future	emboucherai, emboucheray	emboucheras	embouchera	emboucherons	emboucherez	emboucheront
	conditional	emboucherois, emboucheroys	emboucherois, emboucheroys	emboucheroit, emboucheroyt	emboucherions, emboucheryons	emboucheriez, emboucheryez	emboucheroient, emboucheroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	embouche	embouches	embouche	embouchons	embouchez	embouchent
	imperfect	embouchasse	embouchasses	embouchast	embouchassions	embouchassiez	embouchassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	embouche	—	embouchons	embouchez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: emboucher

References

• emboucher on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)