embouteiller
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.je/ ~ /ɑ̃.bu.te.je/
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Verb
embouteiller
- to bottle, to bottle up, to put into bottles
- Synonym: mettre en bouteille
- (of traffic) to back up
- Synonym: bouchonner
Conjugation
Conjugation of embouteiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | embouteiller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | embouteillant /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | embouteillé /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | embouteille /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/ |
embouteilles /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/ |
embouteille /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/ |
embouteillons /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɔ̃/ |
embouteillez /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.je/ |
embouteillent /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/ |
| imperfect | embouteillais /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɛ/ |
embouteillais /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɛ/ |
embouteillait /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɛ/ |
embouteillions /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.jɔ̃/ |
embouteilliez /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.je/ |
embouteillaient /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | embouteillai /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.je/ |
embouteillas /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.ja/ |
embouteilla /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.ja/ |
embouteillâmes /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jam/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jam/ |
embouteillâtes /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jat/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jat/ |
embouteillèrent /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | embouteillerai /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁe/ |
embouteilleras /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁa/ |
embouteillera /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁa/ |
embouteillerons /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁɔ̃/ |
embouteillerez /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁe/ |
embouteilleront /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | embouteillerais /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁɛ/ |
embouteillerais /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁɛ/ |
embouteillerait /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁɛ/ |
embouteillerions /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
embouteilleriez /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jə.ʁje/ |
embouteilleraient /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.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 | embouteille /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/ |
embouteilles /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/ |
embouteille /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/ |
embouteillions /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.jɔ̃/ |
embouteilliez /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.je/ |
embouteillent /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/ |
| imperfect2 | embouteillasse /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jas/ |
embouteillasses /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jas/ |
embouteillât /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.ja/ |
embouteillassions /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
embouteillassiez /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.ja.sje/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.ja.sje/ |
embouteillassent /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | embouteille /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/ |
— | embouteillons /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɔ̃/ |
embouteillez /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “embouteiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.