embraser

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ braise +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.bʁa.ze/

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Verb

embraser

1. to set fire to
2. (figuratively) to inflame, impassion

Conjugation

Conjugation of embraser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	embraser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	embrasant /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		embrasé /ɑ̃.bʁa.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	embrase /ɑ̃.bʁaz/	embrases /ɑ̃.bʁaz/	embrase /ɑ̃.bʁaz/	embrasons /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɔ̃/	embrasez /ɑ̃.bʁa.ze/	embrasent /ɑ̃.bʁaz/
	imperfect	embrasais /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɛ/	embrasais /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɛ/	embrasait /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɛ/	embrasions /ɑ̃.bʁa.zjɔ̃/	embrasiez /ɑ̃.bʁa.zje/	embrasaient /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɛ/
	past historic2	embrasai /ɑ̃.bʁa.ze/	embrasas /ɑ̃.bʁa.za/	embrasa /ɑ̃.bʁa.za/	embrasâmes /ɑ̃.bʁa.zam/	embrasâtes /ɑ̃.bʁa.zat/	embrasèrent /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɛʁ/
	future	embraserai /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁe/	embraseras /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁa/	embrasera /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁa/	embraserons /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁɔ̃/	embraserez /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁe/	embraseront /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	embraserais /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁɛ/	embraserais /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁɛ/	embraserait /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁɛ/	embraserions /ɑ̃.bʁa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	embraseriez /ɑ̃.bʁa.zə.ʁje/	embraseraient /ɑ̃.bʁaz.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	embrase /ɑ̃.bʁaz/	embrases /ɑ̃.bʁaz/	embrase /ɑ̃.bʁaz/	embrasions /ɑ̃.bʁa.zjɔ̃/	embrasiez /ɑ̃.bʁa.zje/	embrasent /ɑ̃.bʁaz/
	imperfect2	embrasasse /ɑ̃.bʁa.zas/	embrasasses /ɑ̃.bʁa.zas/	embrasât /ɑ̃.bʁa.za/	embrasassions /ɑ̃.bʁa.za.sjɔ̃/	embrasassiez /ɑ̃.bʁa.za.sje/	embrasassent /ɑ̃.bʁa.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	embrase /ɑ̃.bʁaz/	—	embrasons /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɔ̃/	embrasez /ɑ̃.bʁa.ze/	—
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

• embrasement

Further reading

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