enfourner
French
Etymology
From en- + four + -er. Compare Catalan, Occitan, and Portuguese enfornar; Italian infornare; Spanish enhornar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ne/
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- Homophones: enfournai, enfourné, enfournée, enfournées, enfournés
Verb
enfourner
Conjugation
Conjugation of enfourner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | enfourner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | enfournant /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | enfourné /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | enfourne /ɑ̃.fuʁn/ |
enfournes /ɑ̃.fuʁn/ |
enfourne /ɑ̃.fuʁn/ |
enfournons /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nɔ̃/ |
enfournez /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ne/ |
enfournent /ɑ̃.fuʁn/ |
| imperfect | enfournais /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nɛ/ |
enfournais /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nɛ/ |
enfournait /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nɛ/ |
enfournions /ɑ̃.fuʁ.njɔ̃/ |
enfourniez /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nje/ |
enfournaient /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | enfournai /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ne/ |
enfournas /ɑ̃.fuʁ.na/ |
enfourna /ɑ̃.fuʁ.na/ |
enfournâmes /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nam/ |
enfournâtes /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nat/ |
enfournèrent /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | enfournerai /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
enfourneras /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
enfournera /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
enfournerons /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
enfournerez /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
enfourneront /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | enfournerais /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
enfournerais /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
enfournerait /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
enfournerions /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enfourneriez /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nə.ʁje/ |
enfourneraient /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nə.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 | enfourne /ɑ̃.fuʁn/ |
enfournes /ɑ̃.fuʁn/ |
enfourne /ɑ̃.fuʁn/ |
enfournions /ɑ̃.fuʁ.njɔ̃/ |
enfourniez /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nje/ |
enfournent /ɑ̃.fuʁn/ |
| imperfect2 | enfournasse /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nas/ |
enfournasses /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nas/ |
enfournât /ɑ̃.fuʁ.na/ |
enfournassions /ɑ̃.fuʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
enfournassiez /ɑ̃.fuʁ.na.sje/ |
enfournassent /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | enfourne /ɑ̃.fuʁn/ |
— | enfournons /ɑ̃.fuʁ.nɔ̃/ |
enfournez /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ne/ |
— | |
| 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
- “enfourner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.