embéguiner
French
Etymology
From em- + béguin (“bonnet”) + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.ne/
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Verb
embéguiner
- (figuratively) to have a crush on someone; to be infatuated
- Synonym: infatuer
- Il est embéguiné de cette femme.
- He has a crush on that woman.
- Elle est embéguinée de cette nouvelle mode.
- She was infatuated with that fashion trend.
- (literally, rare) to wear a bonnet
Conjugation
Conjugation of embéguiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | embéguiner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | embéguinant /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | embéguiné /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | embéguine /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/ | embéguines /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/ | embéguine /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/ | embéguinons /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɔ̃/ | embéguinez /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.ne/ | embéguinent /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/ |
imperfect | embéguinais /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɛ/ | embéguinais /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɛ/ | embéguinait /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɛ/ | embéguinions /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.njɔ̃/ | embéguiniez /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nje/ | embéguinaient /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | embéguinai /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.ne/ | embéguinas /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.na/ | embéguina /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.na/ | embéguinâmes /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nam/ | embéguinâtes /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nat/ | embéguinèrent /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɛʁ/ | |
future | embéguinerai /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁe/ | embéguineras /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁa/ | embéguinera /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁa/ | embéguinerons /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁɔ̃/ | embéguinerez /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁe/ | embéguineront /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | embéguinerais /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁɛ/ | embéguinerais /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁɛ/ | embéguinerait /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁɛ/ | embéguinerions /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | embéguineriez /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nə.ʁje/ | embéguineraient /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.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 | embéguine /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/ | embéguines /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/ | embéguine /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/ | embéguinions /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.njɔ̃/ | embéguiniez /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nje/ | embéguinent /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/ |
imperfect2 | embéguinasse /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nas/ | embéguinasses /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nas/ | embéguinât /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.na/ | embéguinassions /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.na.sjɔ̃/ | embéguinassiez /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.na.sje/ | embéguinassent /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | embéguine /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/ | — | embéguinons /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɔ̃/ | embéguinez /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.ne/ | — | |
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
- “embéguiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.