enivrer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ni.vʁe/
- (s'enivrer) IPA(key): /s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁe/
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Verb
enivrer
- (transitive) to intoxicate, make drunk or get (someone) drunk, either physically or figuratively
- (reflexive, + de) to get drunk; to become intoxicated
- Synonyms: se noircir, se bourrer la gueule, se souler
- Antonym: désenivrer
- 1869, Charles Baudelaire, “Enivrez-vous”, in Petits Poèmes en prose:
- Il est l’heure de s’enivrer ! Pour n’être pas les esclaves martyrisés du Temps, enivrez-vous ; enivrez-vous sans cesse ! De vin, de poésie ou de vertu, à votre guise.
- It is time to get drunk! In order not to be the tormented slaves of Time, get drunk; get drunk constantly! On wine, on poetry or on virtue, as you wish.
- 1960, “Les deux guitares”, performed by Charles Aznavour:
- Oh versez, versez-m'en encore / Pour que je m'enivre
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of enivrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | enivrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | enivrant /ɑ̃.ni.vʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | enivré /ɑ̃.ni.vʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | enivre /ɑ̃.nivʁ/ |
enivres /ɑ̃.nivʁ/ |
enivre /ɑ̃.nivʁ/ |
enivrons /ɑ̃.ni.vʁɔ̃/ |
enivrez /ɑ̃.ni.vʁe/ |
enivrent /ɑ̃.nivʁ/ |
| imperfect | enivrais /ɑ̃.ni.vʁɛ/ |
enivrais /ɑ̃.ni.vʁɛ/ |
enivrait /ɑ̃.ni.vʁɛ/ |
enivrions /ɑ̃.ni.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
enivriez /ɑ̃.ni.vʁi.je/ |
enivraient /ɑ̃.ni.vʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | enivrai /ɑ̃.ni.vʁe/ |
enivras /ɑ̃.ni.vʁa/ |
enivra /ɑ̃.ni.vʁa/ |
enivrâmes /ɑ̃.ni.vʁam/ |
enivrâtes /ɑ̃.ni.vʁat/ |
enivrèrent /ɑ̃.ni.vʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | enivrerai /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁe/ |
enivreras /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁa/ |
enivrera /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁa/ |
enivrerons /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
enivrerez /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁe/ |
enivreront /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | enivrerais /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
enivrerais /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
enivrerait /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
enivrerions /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enivreriez /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁje/ |
enivreraient /ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.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 | enivre /ɑ̃.nivʁ/ |
enivres /ɑ̃.nivʁ/ |
enivre /ɑ̃.nivʁ/ |
enivrions /ɑ̃.ni.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
enivriez /ɑ̃.ni.vʁi.je/ |
enivrent /ɑ̃.nivʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | enivrasse /ɑ̃.ni.vʁas/ |
enivrasses /ɑ̃.ni.vʁas/ |
enivrât /ɑ̃.ni.vʁa/ |
enivrassions /ɑ̃.ni.vʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
enivrassiez /ɑ̃.ni.vʁa.sje/ |
enivrassent /ɑ̃.ni.vʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | enivre /ɑ̃.nivʁ/ |
— | enivrons /ɑ̃.ni.vʁɔ̃/ |
enivrez /ɑ̃.ni.vʁe/ |
— | |
| 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'enivrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | s'enivrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s'enivrant /sə s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | enivré /s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m'enivre /mə s‿ɑ̃.nivʁ/ |
t'enivres /tə s‿ɑ̃.nivʁ/ |
s'enivre /sə s‿ɑ̃.nivʁ/ |
nous enivrons /nu s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁɔ̃/ |
vous enivrez /vu s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁe/ |
s'enivrent /sə s‿ɑ̃.nivʁ/ |
| imperfect | m'enivrais /mə s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁɛ/ |
t'enivrais /tə s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁɛ/ |
s'enivrait /sə s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁɛ/ |
nous enivrions /nu s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
vous enivriez /vu s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁi.je/ |
s'enivraient /sə s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m'enivrai /mə s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁe/ |
t'enivras /tə s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁa/ |
s'enivra /sə s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁa/ |
nous enivrâmes /nu s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁam/ |
vous enivrâtes /vu s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁat/ |
s'enivrèrent /sə s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | m'enivrerai /mə s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁe/ |
t'enivreras /tə s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁa/ |
s'enivrera /sə s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁa/ |
nous enivrerons /nu s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous enivrerez /vu s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁe/ |
s'enivreront /sə s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m'enivrerais /mə s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
t'enivrerais /tə s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
s'enivrerait /sə s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁɛ/ |
nous enivrerions /nu s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous enivreriez /vu s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.ʁje/ |
s'enivreraient /sə s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁə.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'enivre /mə s‿ɑ̃.nivʁ/ |
t'enivres /tə s‿ɑ̃.nivʁ/ |
s'enivre /sə s‿ɑ̃.nivʁ/ |
nous enivrions /nu s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁi.jɔ̃/ |
vous enivriez /vu s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁi.je/ |
s'enivrent /sə s‿ɑ̃.nivʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | m'enivrasse /mə s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁas/ |
t'enivrasses /tə s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁas/ |
s'enivrât /sə s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁa/ |
nous enivrassions /nu s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
vous enivrassiez /vu s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁa.sje/ |
s'enivrassent /sə s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | enivre-toi /s‿ɑ̃.nivʁ.twa/ |
— | enivrons-nous /s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁɔ̃.nu/ |
enivrez-vous /s‿ɑ̃.ni.vʁe.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “enivrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.