enfiler
French
Etymology
See fil
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.fi.le/
Audio: (file)
Verb
enfiler
- to thread (a needle)
- to string, to sling (put on a string or sling)
- to put on (clothes)
- (vulgar) to hump, to screw
Conjugation
Conjugation of enfiler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | enfiler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | enfilant /ɑ̃.fi.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | enfilé /ɑ̃.fi.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | enfile /ɑ̃.fil/ |
enfiles /ɑ̃.fil/ |
enfile /ɑ̃.fil/ |
enfilons /ɑ̃.fi.lɔ̃/ |
enfilez /ɑ̃.fi.le/ |
enfilent /ɑ̃.fil/ |
| imperfect | enfilais /ɑ̃.fi.lɛ/ |
enfilais /ɑ̃.fi.lɛ/ |
enfilait /ɑ̃.fi.lɛ/ |
enfilions /ɑ̃.fi.ljɔ̃/ |
enfiliez /ɑ̃.fi.lje/ |
enfilaient /ɑ̃.fi.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | enfilai /ɑ̃.fi.le/ |
enfilas /ɑ̃.fi.la/ |
enfila /ɑ̃.fi.la/ |
enfilâmes /ɑ̃.fi.lam/ |
enfilâtes /ɑ̃.fi.lat/ |
enfilèrent /ɑ̃.fi.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | enfilerai /ɑ̃.fil.ʁe/ |
enfileras /ɑ̃.fil.ʁa/ |
enfilera /ɑ̃.fil.ʁa/ |
enfilerons /ɑ̃.fil.ʁɔ̃/ |
enfilerez /ɑ̃.fil.ʁe/ |
enfileront /ɑ̃.fil.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | enfilerais /ɑ̃.fil.ʁɛ/ |
enfilerais /ɑ̃.fil.ʁɛ/ |
enfilerait /ɑ̃.fil.ʁɛ/ |
enfilerions /ɑ̃.fi.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enfileriez /ɑ̃.fi.lə.ʁje/ |
enfileraient /ɑ̃.fil.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 | enfile /ɑ̃.fil/ |
enfiles /ɑ̃.fil/ |
enfile /ɑ̃.fil/ |
enfilions /ɑ̃.fi.ljɔ̃/ |
enfiliez /ɑ̃.fi.lje/ |
enfilent /ɑ̃.fil/ |
| imperfect2 | enfilasse /ɑ̃.fi.las/ |
enfilasses /ɑ̃.fi.las/ |
enfilât /ɑ̃.fi.la/ |
enfilassions /ɑ̃.fi.la.sjɔ̃/ |
enfilassiez /ɑ̃.fi.la.sje/ |
enfilassent /ɑ̃.fi.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | enfile /ɑ̃.fil/ |
— | enfilons /ɑ̃.fi.lɔ̃/ |
enfilez /ɑ̃.fi.le/ |
— | |
| 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
- “enfiler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Verb
enfiler