embaumer
French
Etymology
From en- + baume (“balm”) + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bo.me/
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Verb
embaumer
Conjugation
Conjugation of embaumer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | embaumer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | embaumant /ɑ̃.bo.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | embaumé /ɑ̃.bo.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | embaume /ɑ̃.bom/ |
embaumes /ɑ̃.bom/ |
embaume /ɑ̃.bom/ |
embaumons /ɑ̃.bo.mɔ̃/ |
embaumez /ɑ̃.bo.me/ |
embaument /ɑ̃.bom/ |
| imperfect | embaumais /ɑ̃.bo.mɛ/ |
embaumais /ɑ̃.bo.mɛ/ |
embaumait /ɑ̃.bo.mɛ/ |
embaumions /ɑ̃.bo.mjɔ̃/ |
embaumiez /ɑ̃.bo.mje/ |
embaumaient /ɑ̃.bo.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | embaumai /ɑ̃.bo.me/ |
embaumas /ɑ̃.bo.ma/ |
embauma /ɑ̃.bo.ma/ |
embaumâmes /ɑ̃.bo.mam/ |
embaumâtes /ɑ̃.bo.mat/ |
embaumèrent /ɑ̃.bo.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | embaumerai /ɑ̃.bom.ʁe/ |
embaumeras /ɑ̃.bom.ʁa/ |
embaumera /ɑ̃.bom.ʁa/ |
embaumerons /ɑ̃.bom.ʁɔ̃/ |
embaumerez /ɑ̃.bom.ʁe/ |
embaumeront /ɑ̃.bom.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | embaumerais /ɑ̃.bom.ʁɛ/ |
embaumerais /ɑ̃.bom.ʁɛ/ |
embaumerait /ɑ̃.bom.ʁɛ/ |
embaumerions /ɑ̃.bo.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
embaumeriez /ɑ̃.bo.mə.ʁje/ |
embaumeraient /ɑ̃.bom.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 | embaume /ɑ̃.bom/ |
embaumes /ɑ̃.bom/ |
embaume /ɑ̃.bom/ |
embaumions /ɑ̃.bo.mjɔ̃/ |
embaumiez /ɑ̃.bo.mje/ |
embaument /ɑ̃.bom/ |
| imperfect2 | embaumasse /ɑ̃.bo.mas/ |
embaumasses /ɑ̃.bo.mas/ |
embaumât /ɑ̃.bo.ma/ |
embaumassions /ɑ̃.bo.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
embaumassiez /ɑ̃.bo.ma.sje/ |
embaumassent /ɑ̃.bo.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | embaume /ɑ̃.bom/ |
— | embaumons /ɑ̃.bo.mɔ̃/ |
embaumez /ɑ̃.bo.me/ |
— | |
| 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
- “embaumer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.