embouteiller
French
Etymology
en- + bouteille + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.je/, /ɑ̃.bu.te.je/
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Verb
embouteiller
- to bottle, to bottle up, to put into bottles
- Synonym: mettre en bouteille
- (of traffic) to back up
- Synonym: bouchonner
Conjugation
Conjugation of embouteiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | embouteiller | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | embouteillant /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | embouteillé /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.je/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | embouteille /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/ | embouteilles /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/ | embouteille /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/ | embouteillons /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɔ̃/ | embouteillez /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.je/ | embouteillent /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/ |
imperfect | embouteillais /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɛ/ | embouteillais /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɛ/ | embouteillait /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɛ/ | embouteillions /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.jɔ̃/ | embouteilliez /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.je/ | embouteillaient /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | embouteillai /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.je/ | embouteillas /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.ja/ | embouteilla /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.ja/ | embouteillâmes /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jam/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jam/ | embouteillâtes /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jat/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jat/ | embouteillèrent /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɛʁ/ | |
future | embouteillerai /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁe/ | embouteilleras /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁa/ | embouteillera /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁa/ | embouteillerons /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁɔ̃/ | embouteillerez /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁe/ | embouteilleront /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | embouteillerais /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁɛ/ | embouteillerais /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁɛ/ | embouteillerait /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁɛ/ | embouteillerions /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ | embouteilleriez /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jə.ʁje/ | embouteilleraient /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.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 | embouteille /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/ | embouteilles /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/ | embouteille /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/ | embouteillions /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.jɔ̃/ | embouteilliez /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.je/ | embouteillent /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/ |
imperfect2 | embouteillasse /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jas/ | embouteillasses /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jas/ | embouteillât /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.ja/ | embouteillassions /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.ja.sjɔ̃/ | embouteillassiez /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.ja.sje/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.ja.sje/ | embouteillassent /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | embouteille /ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/ | — | embouteillons /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɔ̃/ | embouteillez /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.je/ | — | |
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). |
Derived terms
- embouteillage
Further reading
- “embouteiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.