engluer

French

Etymology

From glu (“birdlime”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡly.e/
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Verb

engluer

  1. to birdlime
  2. (reflexive) to get bogged down

Conjugation

Conjugation of engluer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple engluer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple engluant
/ɑ̃.ɡly.ɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle englué
/ɑ̃.ɡly.e/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present englue
/ɑ̃.ɡly/ 		englues
/ɑ̃.ɡly/ 		englue
/ɑ̃.ɡly/ 		engluons
/ɑ̃.ɡly.ɔ̃/ 		engluez
/ɑ̃.ɡly.e/ 		engluent
/ɑ̃.ɡly/
imperfect engluais
/ɑ̃.ɡly.ɛ/ 		engluais
/ɑ̃.ɡly.ɛ/ 		engluait
/ɑ̃.ɡly.ɛ/ 		engluions
/ɑ̃.ɡly.jɔ̃/ 		engluiez
/ɑ̃.ɡly.je/ 		engluaient
/ɑ̃.ɡly.ɛ/
past historic2 engluai
/ɑ̃.ɡly.e/ 		engluas
/ɑ̃.ɡly.a/ 		englua
/ɑ̃.ɡly.a/ 		engluâmes
/ɑ̃.ɡly.am/ 		engluâtes
/ɑ̃.ɡly.at/ 		engluèrent
/ɑ̃.ɡly.ɛʁ/
future engluerai
/ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁe/ 		englueras
/ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁa/ 		engluera
/ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁa/ 		engluerons
/ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁɔ̃/ 		engluerez
/ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁe/ 		englueront
/ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁɔ̃/
conditional engluerais
/ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁɛ/ 		engluerais
/ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁɛ/ 		engluerait
/ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁɛ/ 		engluerions
/ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁjɔ̃/ 		englueriez
/ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁje/ 		englueraient
/ɑ̃.ɡly.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 englue
/ɑ̃.ɡly/ 		englues
/ɑ̃.ɡly/ 		englue
/ɑ̃.ɡly/ 		engluions
/ɑ̃.ɡly.jɔ̃/ 		engluiez
/ɑ̃.ɡly.je/ 		engluent
/ɑ̃.ɡly/
imperfect2 engluasse
/ɑ̃.ɡly.as/ 		engluasses
/ɑ̃.ɡly.as/ 		engluât
/ɑ̃.ɡly.a/ 		engluassions
/ɑ̃.ɡly.a.sjɔ̃/ 		engluassiez
/ɑ̃.ɡly.a.sje/ 		engluassent
/ɑ̃.ɡly.as/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — englue
/ɑ̃.ɡly/ 		— engluons
/ɑ̃.ɡly.ɔ̃/ 		engluez
/ɑ̃.ɡly.e/ 		—
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:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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