enjamber

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ jambe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be/
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Verb

enjamber

  1. to straddle
  2. to step over, to stride
  3. (poetry) to make an enjambment
  4. to ignore

Conjugation

Conjugation of enjamber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple enjamber
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple enjambant
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle enjambé
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present enjambe
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ 		enjambes
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ 		enjambe
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ 		enjambons
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɔ̃/ 		enjambez
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be/ 		enjambent
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/
imperfect enjambais
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛ/ 		enjambais
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛ/ 		enjambait
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛ/ 		enjambions
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bjɔ̃/ 		enjambiez
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bje/ 		enjambaient
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛ/
past historic2 enjambai
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be/ 		enjambas
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba/ 		enjamba
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba/ 		enjambâmes
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bam/ 		enjambâtes
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bat/ 		enjambèrent
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛʁ/
future enjamberai
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁe/ 		enjamberas
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁa/ 		enjambera
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁa/ 		enjamberons
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/ 		enjamberez
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁe/ 		enjamberont
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/
conditional enjamberais
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɛ/ 		enjamberais
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɛ/ 		enjamberait
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɛ/ 		enjamberions
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		enjamberiez
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bə.ʁje/ 		enjamberaient
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɛ/
(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 enjambe
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ 		enjambes
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ 		enjambe
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ 		enjambions
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bjɔ̃/ 		enjambiez
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bje/ 		enjambent
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/
imperfect2 enjambasse
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bas/ 		enjambasses
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bas/ 		enjambât
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba/ 		enjambassions
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/ 		enjambassiez
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba.sje/ 		enjambassent
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — enjambe
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/ 		— enjambons
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɔ̃/ 		enjambez
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be/ 		—
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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