empenner
French
Etymology
en- + penne + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.pɛ.ne/, /ɑ̃.pe.ne/
Audio (Lyon, France): (file)
Verb
empenner
- (transitive, archery) to fletch (to attach feathers to an arrow)
- (transitive, dated) to cover with feathers (as in a bird)
Conjugation
Conjugation of empenner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | empenner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | empennant /ɑ̃.pɛ.nɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | empenné /ɑ̃.pɛ.ne/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | empenne /ɑ̃.pɛn/ | empennes /ɑ̃.pɛn/ | empenne /ɑ̃.pɛn/ | empennons /ɑ̃.pɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɔ̃/ | empennez /ɑ̃.pɛ.ne/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ne/ | empennent /ɑ̃.pɛn/ |
imperfect | empennais /ɑ̃.pɛ.nɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɛ/ | empennais /ɑ̃.pɛ.nɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɛ/ | empennait /ɑ̃.pɛ.nɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɛ/ | empennions /ɑ̃.pɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.njɔ̃/ | empenniez /ɑ̃.pɛ.nje/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nje/ | empennaient /ɑ̃.pɛ.nɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | empennai /ɑ̃.pɛ.ne/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ne/ | empennas /ɑ̃.pɛ.na/ or /ɑ̃.pe.na/ | empenna /ɑ̃.pɛ.na/ or /ɑ̃.pe.na/ | empennâmes /ɑ̃.pɛ.nam/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nam/ | empennâtes /ɑ̃.pɛ.nat/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nat/ | empennèrent /ɑ̃.pɛ.nɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɛʁ/ | |
future | empennerai /ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁe/ | empenneras /ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁa/ | empennera /ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁa/ | empennerons /ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁɔ̃/ | empennerez /ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁe/ | empenneront /ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | empennerais /ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁɛ/ | empennerais /ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁɛ/ | empennerait /ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁɛ/ | empennerions /ɑ̃.pɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | empenneriez /ɑ̃.pɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nə.ʁje/ | empenneraient /ɑ̃.pɛn.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 | empenne /ɑ̃.pɛn/ | empennes /ɑ̃.pɛn/ | empenne /ɑ̃.pɛn/ | empennions /ɑ̃.pɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.njɔ̃/ | empenniez /ɑ̃.pɛ.nje/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nje/ | empennent /ɑ̃.pɛn/ |
imperfect2 | empennasse /ɑ̃.pɛ.nas/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nas/ | empennasses /ɑ̃.pɛ.nas/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nas/ | empennât /ɑ̃.pɛ.na/ or /ɑ̃.pe.na/ | empennassions /ɑ̃.pɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.na.sjɔ̃/ | empennassiez /ɑ̃.pɛ.na.sje/ or /ɑ̃.pe.na.sje/ | empennassent /ɑ̃.pɛ.nas/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | empenne /ɑ̃.pɛn/ | — | empennons /ɑ̃.pɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɔ̃/ | empennez /ɑ̃.pɛ.ne/ or /ɑ̃.pe.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
- “empenner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.