ensabler

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ sable (“sand”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sa.ble/
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Verb

ensabler

  1. (transitive) to silt up
  2. (transitive) to strand (on a sandbank or beach)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ensabler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ensabler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ensablant
/ɑ̃.sa.blɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ensablé
/ɑ̃.sa.ble/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present ensable
/ɑ̃.sabl/ 		ensables
/ɑ̃.sabl/ 		ensable
/ɑ̃.sabl/ 		ensablons
/ɑ̃.sa.blɔ̃/ 		ensablez
/ɑ̃.sa.ble/ 		ensablent
/ɑ̃.sabl/
imperfect ensablais
/ɑ̃.sa.blɛ/ 		ensablais
/ɑ̃.sa.blɛ/ 		ensablait
/ɑ̃.sa.blɛ/ 		ensablions
/ɑ̃.sa.bli.jɔ̃/ 		ensabliez
/ɑ̃.sa.bli.je/ 		ensablaient
/ɑ̃.sa.blɛ/
past historic2 ensablai
/ɑ̃.sa.ble/ 		ensablas
/ɑ̃.sa.bla/ 		ensabla
/ɑ̃.sa.bla/ 		ensablâmes
/ɑ̃.sa.blam/ 		ensablâtes
/ɑ̃.sa.blat/ 		ensablèrent
/ɑ̃.sa.blɛʁ/
future ensablerai
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁe/ 		ensableras
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁa/ 		ensablera
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁa/ 		ensablerons
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁɔ̃/ 		ensablerez
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁe/ 		ensableront
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional ensablerais
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁɛ/ 		ensablerais
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁɛ/ 		ensablerait
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁɛ/ 		ensablerions
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		ensableriez
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁje/ 		ensableraient
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.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 ensable
/ɑ̃.sabl/ 		ensables
/ɑ̃.sabl/ 		ensable
/ɑ̃.sabl/ 		ensablions
/ɑ̃.sa.bli.jɔ̃/ 		ensabliez
/ɑ̃.sa.bli.je/ 		ensablent
/ɑ̃.sabl/
imperfect2 ensablasse
/ɑ̃.sa.blas/ 		ensablasses
/ɑ̃.sa.blas/ 		ensablât
/ɑ̃.sa.bla/ 		ensablassions
/ɑ̃.sa.bla.sjɔ̃/ 		ensablassiez
/ɑ̃.sa.bla.sje/ 		ensablassent
/ɑ̃.sa.blas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ensable
/ɑ̃.sabl/ 		— ensablons
/ɑ̃.sa.blɔ̃/ 		ensablez
/ɑ̃.sa.ble/ 		—
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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