engraisser

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ingrassiare < *incrassiare < Latin crassus. Compare Italian ingrassare, Spanish engrasar, Romanian îngrășa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.se/ ~ /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.se/
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Verb

engraisser

  1. (transitive) to fatten

Conjugation

Conjugation of engraisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple engraisser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple engraissant
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle engraissé
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present engraisse
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/ 		engraisses
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/ 		engraisse
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/ 		engraissons
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɔ̃/ 		engraissez
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.se/ 		engraissent
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/
imperfect engraissais
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɛ/ 		engraissais
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɛ/ 		engraissait
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɛ/ 		engraissions
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/ 		engraissiez
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sje/ 		engraissaient
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɛ/
past historic2 engraissai
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.se/ 		engraissas
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sa/ 		engraissa
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sa/ 		engraissâmes
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sam/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sam/ 		engraissâtes
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sat/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sat/ 		engraissèrent
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɛʁ/
future engraisserai
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁe/ 		engraisseras
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁa/ 		engraissera
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁa/ 		engraisserons
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/ 		engraisserez
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁe/ 		engraisseront
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/
conditional engraisserais
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/ 		engraisserais
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/ 		engraisserait
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/ 		engraisserions
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		engraisseriez
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sə.ʁje/ 		engraisseraient
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/
(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 engraisse
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/ 		engraisses
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/ 		engraisse
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/ 		engraissions
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/ 		engraissiez
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sje/ 		engraissent
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/
imperfect2 engraissasse
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sas/ 		engraissasses
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sas/ 		engraissât
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sa/ 		engraissassions
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		engraissassiez
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sa.sje/ 		engraissassent
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — engraisse
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/ 		— engraissons
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɔ̃/ 		engraissez
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.se/ 		—
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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