embraser
French
Etymology
From en- + braise + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bʁa.ze/
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Verb
embraser
- to set fire to
- (figuratively) to inflame, impassion
Conjugation
Conjugation of embraser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | embraser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | embrasant /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | embrasé /ɑ̃.bʁa.ze/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | embrase /ɑ̃.bʁaz/ | embrases /ɑ̃.bʁaz/ | embrase /ɑ̃.bʁaz/ | embrasons /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɔ̃/ | embrasez /ɑ̃.bʁa.ze/ | embrasent /ɑ̃.bʁaz/ |
imperfect | embrasais /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɛ/ | embrasais /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɛ/ | embrasait /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɛ/ | embrasions /ɑ̃.bʁa.zjɔ̃/ | embrasiez /ɑ̃.bʁa.zje/ | embrasaient /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | embrasai /ɑ̃.bʁa.ze/ | embrasas /ɑ̃.bʁa.za/ | embrasa /ɑ̃.bʁa.za/ | embrasâmes /ɑ̃.bʁa.zam/ | embrasâtes /ɑ̃.bʁa.zat/ | embrasèrent /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɛʁ/ | |
future | embraserai /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁe/ | embraseras /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁa/ | embrasera /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁa/ | embraserons /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ | embraserez /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁe/ | embraseront /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | embraserais /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁɛ/ | embraserais /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁɛ/ | embraserait /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁɛ/ | embraserions /ɑ̃.bʁa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | embraseriez /ɑ̃.bʁa.zə.ʁje/ | embraseraient /ɑ̃.bʁaz.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 | embrase /ɑ̃.bʁaz/ | embrases /ɑ̃.bʁaz/ | embrase /ɑ̃.bʁaz/ | embrasions /ɑ̃.bʁa.zjɔ̃/ | embrasiez /ɑ̃.bʁa.zje/ | embrasent /ɑ̃.bʁaz/ |
imperfect2 | embrasasse /ɑ̃.bʁa.zas/ | embrasasses /ɑ̃.bʁa.zas/ | embrasât /ɑ̃.bʁa.za/ | embrasassions /ɑ̃.bʁa.za.sjɔ̃/ | embrasassiez /ɑ̃.bʁa.za.sje/ | embrasassent /ɑ̃.bʁa.zas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | embrase /ɑ̃.bʁaz/ | — | embrasons /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɔ̃/ | embrasez /ɑ̃.bʁa.ze/ | — | |
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
- embrasement
Further reading
- “embraser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.