enjouer

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ʒwe/

Etymology 1

From en- +‎ jouer (“to play”).

Verb

enjouer

(transitive, dated) to render playful, put some playfulness into (something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of enjouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	enjouer
present participle or gerund¹	simple	enjouant /ɑ̃.ʒwɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enjoué /ɑ̃.ʒwe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enjoue /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjoues /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjoue /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjouons /ɑ̃.ʒwɔ̃/	enjouez /ɑ̃.ʒwe/	enjouent /ɑ̃.ʒu/
	imperfect	enjouais /ɑ̃.ʒwɛ/	enjouais /ɑ̃.ʒwɛ/	enjouait /ɑ̃.ʒwɛ/	enjouions /ɑ̃.ʒu.jɔ̃/	enjouiez /ɑ̃.ʒu.je/	enjouaient /ɑ̃.ʒwɛ/
	past historic²	enjouai /ɑ̃.ʒwe/	enjouas /ɑ̃.ʒwa/	enjoua /ɑ̃.ʒwa/	enjouâmes /ɑ̃.ʒwam/	enjouâtes /ɑ̃.ʒwat/	enjouèrent /ɑ̃.ʒwɛʁ/
	future	enjouerai /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁe/	enjoueras /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁa/	enjouera /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁa/	enjouerons /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɔ̃/	enjouerez /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁe/	enjoueront /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enjouerais /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɛ/	enjouerais /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɛ/	enjouerait /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɛ/	enjouerions /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁjɔ̃/	enjoueriez /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁje/	enjoueraient /ɑ̃.ʒu.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	enjoue /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjoues /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjoue /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjouions /ɑ̃.ʒu.jɔ̃/	enjouiez /ɑ̃.ʒu.je/	enjouent /ɑ̃.ʒu/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	enjouasse /ɑ̃.ʒwas/	enjouasses /ɑ̃.ʒwas/	enjouât /ɑ̃.ʒwa/	enjouassions /ɑ̃.ʒwa.sjɔ̃/	enjouassiez /ɑ̃.ʒwa.sje/	enjouassent /ɑ̃.ʒwas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	enjoue /ɑ̃.ʒu/	—	enjouons /ɑ̃.ʒwɔ̃/	enjouez /ɑ̃.ʒwe/	—
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

Etymology 2

From en- +‎ joue (“cheek (on which one presses his firearm in order to aim)”) +‎ -er.

Verb

enjouer

to aim a rifle
Synonyms: mettre en joue, viser

Conjugation

Conjugation of enjouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	enjouer
present participle or gerund¹	simple	enjouant /ɑ̃.ʒwɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enjoué /ɑ̃.ʒwe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enjoue /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjoues /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjoue /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjouons /ɑ̃.ʒwɔ̃/	enjouez /ɑ̃.ʒwe/	enjouent /ɑ̃.ʒu/
	imperfect	enjouais /ɑ̃.ʒwɛ/	enjouais /ɑ̃.ʒwɛ/	enjouait /ɑ̃.ʒwɛ/	enjouions /ɑ̃.ʒu.jɔ̃/	enjouiez /ɑ̃.ʒu.je/	enjouaient /ɑ̃.ʒwɛ/
	past historic²	enjouai /ɑ̃.ʒwe/	enjouas /ɑ̃.ʒwa/	enjoua /ɑ̃.ʒwa/	enjouâmes /ɑ̃.ʒwam/	enjouâtes /ɑ̃.ʒwat/	enjouèrent /ɑ̃.ʒwɛʁ/
	future	enjouerai /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁe/	enjoueras /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁa/	enjouera /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁa/	enjouerons /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɔ̃/	enjouerez /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁe/	enjoueront /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enjouerais /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɛ/	enjouerais /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɛ/	enjouerait /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɛ/	enjouerions /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁjɔ̃/	enjoueriez /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁje/	enjoueraient /ɑ̃.ʒu.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	enjoue /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjoues /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjoue /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjouions /ɑ̃.ʒu.jɔ̃/	enjouiez /ɑ̃.ʒu.je/	enjouent /ɑ̃.ʒu/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	enjouasse /ɑ̃.ʒwas/	enjouasses /ɑ̃.ʒwas/	enjouât /ɑ̃.ʒwa/	enjouassions /ɑ̃.ʒwa.sjɔ̃/	enjouassiez /ɑ̃.ʒwa.sje/	enjouassent /ɑ̃.ʒwas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	enjoue /ɑ̃.ʒu/	—	enjouons /ɑ̃.ʒwɔ̃/	enjouez /ɑ̃.ʒwe/	—
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).

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