embrasser
French
Etymology
en- + bras + -er (compare Old French embrachier, embracier).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bʁa.se/
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Verb
embrasser
- (dated, transitive) to hug, embrace (to affectionately wrap one's arms around another)
- Synonym: prendre dans ses bras
- qui trop embrasse mal étreint ― grasp all, lose all
- (transitive) to kiss (to touch with the lips)
- 2018, Zaz, Saint-Valentin
- J'irai sur l'avenue embrasser les statues. À quoi tient leur salut ? Est-ce à leurs cœurs de pierre, à leurs froides manières ?
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- Elle m'en veut d'avoir embrassé son petit copain, et je ne pense pas qu'elle me pardonnera de sitôt.
- She's mad at me for kissing her boyfriend, and I don't think she'll forgive me anytime soon.
- 2018, Zaz, Saint-Valentin
Conjugation
Conjugation of embrasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | embrasser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | embrassant /ɑ̃.bʁa.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | embrassé /ɑ̃.bʁa.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | embrasse /ɑ̃.bʁas/ | embrasses /ɑ̃.bʁas/ | embrasse /ɑ̃.bʁas/ | embrassons /ɑ̃.bʁa.sɔ̃/ | embrassez /ɑ̃.bʁa.se/ | embrassent /ɑ̃.bʁas/ |
| imperfect | embrassais /ɑ̃.bʁa.sɛ/ | embrassais /ɑ̃.bʁa.sɛ/ | embrassait /ɑ̃.bʁa.sɛ/ | embrassions /ɑ̃.bʁa.sjɔ̃/ | embrassiez /ɑ̃.bʁa.sje/ | embrassaient /ɑ̃.bʁa.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | embrassai /ɑ̃.bʁa.se/ | embrassas /ɑ̃.bʁa.sa/ | embrassa /ɑ̃.bʁa.sa/ | embrassâmes /ɑ̃.bʁa.sam/ | embrassâtes /ɑ̃.bʁa.sat/ | embrassèrent /ɑ̃.bʁa.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | embrasserai /ɑ̃.bʁa.sʁe/ | embrasseras /ɑ̃.bʁa.sʁa/ | embrassera /ɑ̃.bʁa.sʁa/ | embrasserons /ɑ̃.bʁa.sʁɔ̃/ | embrasserez /ɑ̃.bʁa.sʁe/ | embrasseront /ɑ̃.bʁa.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | embrasserais /ɑ̃.bʁa.sʁɛ/ | embrasserais /ɑ̃.bʁa.sʁɛ/ | embrasserait /ɑ̃.bʁa.sʁɛ/ | embrasserions /ɑ̃.bʁa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | embrasseriez /ɑ̃.bʁa.sə.ʁje/ | embrasseraient /ɑ̃.bʁa.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 | embrasse /ɑ̃.bʁas/ | embrasses /ɑ̃.bʁas/ | embrasse /ɑ̃.bʁas/ | embrassions /ɑ̃.bʁa.sjɔ̃/ | embrassiez /ɑ̃.bʁa.sje/ | embrassent /ɑ̃.bʁas/ |
| imperfect2 | embrassasse /ɑ̃.bʁa.sas/ | embrassasses /ɑ̃.bʁa.sas/ | embrassât /ɑ̃.bʁa.sa/ | embrassassions /ɑ̃.bʁa.sa.sjɔ̃/ | embrassassiez /ɑ̃.bʁa.sa.sje/ | embrassassent /ɑ̃.bʁa.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | embrasse /ɑ̃.bʁas/ | — | embrassons /ɑ̃.bʁa.sɔ̃/ | embrassez /ɑ̃.bʁa.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “embrasser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.