emboire
French
Etymology
Inherited from Latin imbibere. Doublet of imbiber, which was borrowed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bwaʁ/
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Verb
emboire
- (chiefly arts) to impregnate
- (reflexive, art, of a painting) to take a dark colour
Conjugation
Conjugation of emboire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | emboire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | embuvant /ɑ̃.by.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | embu /ɑ̃.by/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | embois /ɑ̃.bwa/ |
embois /ɑ̃.bwa/ |
emboit /ɑ̃.bwa/ |
embuvons /ɑ̃.by.vɔ̃/ |
embuvez /ɑ̃.by.ve/ |
emboivent /ɑ̃.bwav/ |
| imperfect | embuvais /ɑ̃.by.vɛ/ |
embuvais /ɑ̃.by.vɛ/ |
embuvait /ɑ̃.by.vɛ/ |
embuvions /ɑ̃.by.vjɔ̃/ |
embuviez /ɑ̃.by.vje/ |
embuvaient /ɑ̃.by.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | embus /ɑ̃.by/ |
embus /ɑ̃.by/ |
embut /ɑ̃.by/ |
embûmes /ɑ̃.bym/ |
embûtes /ɑ̃.byt/ |
emburent /ɑ̃.byʁ/ | |
| future | emboirai /ɑ̃.bwa.ʁe/ |
emboiras /ɑ̃.bwa.ʁa/ |
emboira /ɑ̃.bwa.ʁa/ |
emboirons /ɑ̃.bwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
emboirez /ɑ̃.bwa.ʁe/ |
emboiront /ɑ̃.bwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | emboirais /ɑ̃.bwa.ʁɛ/ |
emboirais /ɑ̃.bwa.ʁɛ/ |
emboirait /ɑ̃.bwa.ʁɛ/ |
emboirions /ɑ̃.bwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
emboiriez /ɑ̃.bwa.ʁje/ |
emboiraient /ɑ̃.bwa.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 | emboive /ɑ̃.bwav/ |
emboives /ɑ̃.bwav/ |
emboive /ɑ̃.bwav/ |
embuvions /ɑ̃.by.vjɔ̃/ |
embuviez /ɑ̃.by.vje/ |
emboivent /ɑ̃.bwav/ |
| imperfect2 | embusse /ɑ̃.bys/ |
embusses /ɑ̃.bys/ |
embût /ɑ̃.by/ |
embussions /ɑ̃.by.sjɔ̃/ |
embussiez /ɑ̃.by.sje/ |
embussent /ɑ̃.bys/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | embois /ɑ̃.bwa/ |
— | embuvons /ɑ̃.by.vɔ̃/ |
embuvez /ɑ̃.by.ve/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Conjugation of s'emboire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | s'emboire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s'embuvant /sɑ̃.by.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | embu /ɑ̃.by/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m'embois /mɑ̃.bwa/ |
t'embois /tɑ̃.bwa/ |
s'emboit /sɑ̃.bwa/ |
nous embuvons /nu.z‿ɑ̃.by.vɔ̃/ |
vous embuvez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.by.ve/ |
s'emboivent /sɑ̃.bwav/ |
| imperfect | m'embuvais /mɑ̃.by.vɛ/ |
t'embuvais /tɑ̃.by.vɛ/ |
s'embuvait /sɑ̃.by.vɛ/ |
nous embuvions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.by.vjɔ̃/ |
vous embuviez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.by.vje/ |
s'embuvaient /sɑ̃.by.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m'embus /mɑ̃.by/ |
t'embus /tɑ̃.by/ |
s'embut /sɑ̃.by/ |
nous embûmes /nu.z‿ɑ̃.bym/ |
vous embûtes /vu.z‿ɑ̃.byt/ |
s'emburent /sɑ̃.byʁ/ | |
| future | m'emboirai /mɑ̃.bwa.ʁe/ |
t'emboiras /tɑ̃.bwa.ʁa/ |
s'emboira /sɑ̃.bwa.ʁa/ |
nous emboirons /nu.z‿ɑ̃.bwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous emboirez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.bwa.ʁe/ |
s'emboiront /sɑ̃.bwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m'emboirais /mɑ̃.bwa.ʁɛ/ |
t'emboirais /tɑ̃.bwa.ʁɛ/ |
s'emboirait /sɑ̃.bwa.ʁɛ/ |
nous emboirions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.bwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous emboiriez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.bwa.ʁje/ |
s'emboiraient /sɑ̃.bwa.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m'emboive /mɑ̃.bwav/ |
t'emboives /tɑ̃.bwav/ |
s'emboive /sɑ̃.bwav/ |
nous embuvions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.by.vjɔ̃/ |
vous embuviez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.by.vje/ |
s'emboivent /sɑ̃.bwav/ |
| imperfect2 | m'embusse /mɑ̃.bys/ |
t'embusses /tɑ̃.bys/ |
s'embût /sɑ̃.by/ |
nous embussions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.by.sjɔ̃/ |
vous embussiez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.by.sje/ |
s'embussent /sɑ̃.bys/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | embois-toi /ɑ̃.bwa.twa/ |
— | embuvons-nous /ɑ̃.by.vɔ̃.nu/ |
embuvez-vous /ɑ̃.by.ve.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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
“emboire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.