emberlificoter
French
Etymology
Uncertain, possible corruption of emberlucoquer or embrelicoquer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.te/
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Verb
emberlificoter
- (informal) to entangle
- Synonyms: embobiner, embrouiller, emmêler, entortiller
Conjugation
Conjugation of emberlificoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | emberlificoter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | emberlificotant /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | emberlificoté /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | emberlificote /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔt/ |
emberlificotes /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔt/ |
emberlificote /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔt/ |
emberlificotons /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tɔ̃/ |
emberlificotez /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.te/ |
emberlificotent /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔt/ |
| imperfect | emberlificotais /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tɛ/ |
emberlificotais /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tɛ/ |
emberlificotait /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tɛ/ |
emberlificotions /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
emberlificotiez /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tje/ |
emberlificotaient /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | emberlificotai /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.te/ |
emberlificotas /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.ta/ |
emberlificota /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.ta/ |
emberlificotâmes /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tam/ |
emberlificotâtes /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tat/ |
emberlificotèrent /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | emberlificoterai /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tʁe/ |
emberlificoteras /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tʁa/ |
emberlificotera /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tʁa/ |
emberlificoterons /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
emberlificoterez /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tʁe/ |
emberlificoteront /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | emberlificoterais /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tʁɛ/ |
emberlificoterais /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tʁɛ/ |
emberlificoterait /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tʁɛ/ |
emberlificoterions /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
emberlificoteriez /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
emberlificoteraient /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | emberlificote /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔt/ |
emberlificotes /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔt/ |
emberlificote /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔt/ |
emberlificotions /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
emberlificotiez /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tje/ |
emberlificotent /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | emberlificotasse /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tas/ |
emberlificotasses /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tas/ |
emberlificotât /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.ta/ |
emberlificotassions /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
emberlificotassiez /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.ta.sje/ |
emberlificotassent /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | emberlificote /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔt/ |
— | emberlificotons /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tɔ̃/ |
emberlificotez /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.te/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “emberlificoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.