ensoleiller

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ soleil +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

ensoleiller

1. to fill with light, to brighten, to illuminate

Conjugation

Conjugation of ensoleiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ensoleiller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ensoleillant /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ensoleillé /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ensoleille /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/	ensoleilles /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/	ensoleille /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/	ensoleillons /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɔ̃/	ensoleillez /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.je/	ensoleillent /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/
	imperfect	ensoleillais /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɛ/	ensoleillais /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɛ/	ensoleillait /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɛ/	ensoleillions /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.jɔ̃/	ensoleilliez /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.je/	ensoleillaient /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɛ/
	past historic2	ensoleillai /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.je/	ensoleillas /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.ja/	ensoleilla /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.ja/	ensoleillâmes /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jam/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jam/	ensoleillâtes /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jat/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jat/	ensoleillèrent /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɛʁ/
	future	ensoleillerai /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁe/	ensoleilleras /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁa/	ensoleillera /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁa/	ensoleillerons /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁɔ̃/	ensoleillerez /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁe/	ensoleilleront /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ensoleillerais /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁɛ/	ensoleillerais /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁɛ/	ensoleillerait /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁɛ/	ensoleillerions /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	ensoleilleriez /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jə.ʁje/	ensoleilleraient /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.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	ensoleille /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/	ensoleilles /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/	ensoleille /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/	ensoleillions /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.jɔ̃/	ensoleilliez /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.je/	ensoleillent /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/
	imperfect2	ensoleillasse /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jas/	ensoleillasses /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jas/	ensoleillât /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.ja/	ensoleillassions /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.ja.sjɔ̃/	ensoleillassiez /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.ja.sje/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.ja.sje/	ensoleillassent /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ensoleille /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/	—	ensoleillons /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɔ̃/	ensoleillez /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.je/	—
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

• ensoleillement
• ensoleillé

Further reading

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