incomber

English

Verb

incomber (third-person singular simple present incombers, present participle incombering, simple past and past participle incombered)

1. Obsolete form of encumber.

References

• “incomber”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• combiner

French

Etymology

From Latin incumbō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.be/

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Verb

incomber

1. (transitive, formal) to behove

Conjugation

Conjugation of incomber (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	incomber
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	incombant /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		incombé /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.be/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	incombe /ɛ̃.kɔ̃b/	incombes /ɛ̃.kɔ̃b/	incombe /ɛ̃.kɔ̃b/	incombons /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bɔ̃/	incombez /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.be/	incombent /ɛ̃.kɔ̃b/
	imperfect	incombais /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bɛ/	incombais /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bɛ/	incombait /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bɛ/	incombions /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bjɔ̃/	incombiez /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bje/	incombaient /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bɛ/
	past historic2	incombai /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.be/	incombas /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ba/	incomba /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ba/	incombâmes /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bam/	incombâtes /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bat/	incombèrent /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bɛʁ/
	future	incomberai /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bʁe/	incomberas /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bʁa/	incombera /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bʁa/	incomberons /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/	incomberez /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bʁe/	incomberont /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/
	conditional	incomberais /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bʁɛ/	incomberais /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bʁɛ/	incomberait /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bʁɛ/	incomberions /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/	incomberiez /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bə.ʁje/	incomberaient /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bʁɛ/
(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	incombe /ɛ̃.kɔ̃b/	incombes /ɛ̃.kɔ̃b/	incombe /ɛ̃.kɔ̃b/	incombions /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bjɔ̃/	incombiez /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bje/	incombent /ɛ̃.kɔ̃b/
	imperfect2	incombasse /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bas/	incombasses /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bas/	incombât /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ba/	incombassions /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/	incombassiez /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ba.sje/	incombassent /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	incombe /ɛ̃.kɔ̃b/	—	incombons /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.bɔ̃/	incombez /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.be/	—
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

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

Anagrams

• combiner