empocher
French
Etymology
en- + poche + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃe/
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Verb
empocher
- (transitive) to pocket (to put something in a pocket)
- (transitive, informal) to pocket, to rake in, to earn
- empocher la mise ― to scoop the pot
Conjugation
Conjugation of empocher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | empocher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | empochant /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | empoché /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | empoche /ɑ̃.pɔʃ/ | empoches /ɑ̃.pɔʃ/ | empoche /ɑ̃.pɔʃ/ | empochons /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃɔ̃/ | empochez /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃe/ | empochent /ɑ̃.pɔʃ/ |
| imperfect | empochais /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃɛ/ | empochais /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃɛ/ | empochait /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃɛ/ | empochions /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ | empochiez /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃje/ | empochaient /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | empochai /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃe/ | empochas /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃa/ | empocha /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃa/ | empochâmes /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃam/ | empochâtes /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃat/ | empochèrent /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | empocherai /ɑ̃.pɔʃ.ʁe/ | empocheras /ɑ̃.pɔʃ.ʁa/ | empochera /ɑ̃.pɔʃ.ʁa/ | empocherons /ɑ̃.pɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | empocherez /ɑ̃.pɔʃ.ʁe/ | empocheront /ɑ̃.pɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | empocherais /ɑ̃.pɔʃ.ʁɛ/ | empocherais /ɑ̃.pɔʃ.ʁɛ/ | empocherait /ɑ̃.pɔʃ.ʁɛ/ | empocherions /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ | empocheriez /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃə.ʁje/ | empocheraient /ɑ̃.pɔʃ.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 | empoche /ɑ̃.pɔʃ/ | empoches /ɑ̃.pɔʃ/ | empoche /ɑ̃.pɔʃ/ | empochions /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃjɔ̃/ | empochiez /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃje/ | empochent /ɑ̃.pɔʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | empochasse /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃas/ | empochasses /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃas/ | empochât /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃa/ | empochassions /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ | empochassiez /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃa.sje/ | empochassent /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | empoche /ɑ̃.pɔʃ/ | — | empochons /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃɔ̃/ | empochez /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃe/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
See also
- s'en mettre plein les poches
Further reading
- “empocher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.