empester
French
Etymology
em- + peste + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.pɛs.te/
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Verb
empester
- (transitive) to infect with a pest or with a contagious disease
- (transitive) to cause to stink, to cause to reek (of)
- (intransitive) to stink, reek of
Conjugation
Conjugation of empester (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | empester | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | empestant /ɑ̃.pɛs.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | empesté /ɑ̃.pɛs.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | empeste /ɑ̃.pɛst/ | empestes /ɑ̃.pɛst/ | empeste /ɑ̃.pɛst/ | empestons /ɑ̃.pɛs.tɔ̃/ | empestez /ɑ̃.pɛs.te/ | empestent /ɑ̃.pɛst/ |
imperfect | empestais /ɑ̃.pɛs.tɛ/ | empestais /ɑ̃.pɛs.tɛ/ | empestait /ɑ̃.pɛs.tɛ/ | empestions /ɑ̃.pɛs.tjɔ̃/ | empestiez /ɑ̃.pɛs.tje/ | empestaient /ɑ̃.pɛs.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | empestai /ɑ̃.pɛs.te/ | empestas /ɑ̃.pɛs.ta/ | empesta /ɑ̃.pɛs.ta/ | empestâmes /ɑ̃.pɛs.tam/ | empestâtes /ɑ̃.pɛs.tat/ | empestèrent /ɑ̃.pɛs.tɛʁ/ | |
future | empesterai /ɑ̃.pɛs.tə.ʁe/ | empesteras /ɑ̃.pɛs.tə.ʁa/ | empestera /ɑ̃.pɛs.tə.ʁa/ | empesterons /ɑ̃.pɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | empesterez /ɑ̃.pɛs.tə.ʁe/ | empesteront /ɑ̃.pɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | empesterais /ɑ̃.pɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ | empesterais /ɑ̃.pɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ | empesterait /ɑ̃.pɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ | empesterions /ɑ̃.pɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | empesteriez /ɑ̃.pɛs.tə.ʁje/ | empesteraient /ɑ̃.pɛs.tə.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 | empeste /ɑ̃.pɛst/ | empestes /ɑ̃.pɛst/ | empeste /ɑ̃.pɛst/ | empestions /ɑ̃.pɛs.tjɔ̃/ | empestiez /ɑ̃.pɛs.tje/ | empestent /ɑ̃.pɛst/ |
imperfect2 | empestasse /ɑ̃.pɛs.tas/ | empestasses /ɑ̃.pɛs.tas/ | empestât /ɑ̃.pɛs.ta/ | empestassions /ɑ̃.pɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/ | empestassiez /ɑ̃.pɛs.ta.sje/ | empestassent /ɑ̃.pɛs.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | empeste /ɑ̃.pɛst/ | — | empestons /ɑ̃.pɛs.tɔ̃/ | empestez /ɑ̃.pɛs.te/ | — | |
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
- “empester”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.