emprisonner

emprisonner

French

Etymology

From Old French, see below.

Pronunciation

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Verb

emprisonner

1. to imprison

Conjugation

Conjugation of emprisonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	emprisonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	emprisonnant /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		emprisonné /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	emprisonne /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn/	emprisonnes /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn/	emprisonne /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn/	emprisonnons /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nɔ̃/	emprisonnez /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.ne/	emprisonnent /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn/
	imperfect	emprisonnais /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nɛ/	emprisonnais /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nɛ/	emprisonnait /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nɛ/	emprisonnions /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.njɔ̃/	emprisonniez /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nje/	emprisonnaient /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	emprisonnai /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.ne/	emprisonnas /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.na/	emprisonna /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.na/	emprisonnâmes /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nam/	emprisonnâtes /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nat/	emprisonnèrent /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	emprisonnerai /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.ʁe/	emprisonneras /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.ʁa/	emprisonnera /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.ʁa/	emprisonnerons /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/	emprisonnerez /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.ʁe/	emprisonneront /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	emprisonnerais /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.ʁɛ/	emprisonnerais /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.ʁɛ/	emprisonnerait /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.ʁɛ/	emprisonnerions /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	emprisonneriez /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nə.ʁje/	emprisonneraient /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.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	emprisonne /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn/	emprisonnes /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn/	emprisonne /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn/	emprisonnions /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.njɔ̃/	emprisonniez /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nje/	emprisonnent /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn/
	imperfect2	emprisonnasse /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nas/	emprisonnasses /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nas/	emprisonnât /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.na/	emprisonnassions /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	emprisonnassiez /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.na.sje/	emprisonnassent /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	emprisonne /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn/	—	emprisonnons /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nɔ̃/	emprisonnez /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “emprisonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French emprisonner.

Verb

emprisonner

1. (Jersey) to imprison

Synonyms

• mettre en prison

Antonyms

• libéther (“to free”)

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Old French

Alternative forms

• enprisoner
• enprisonner
• enprisuner

Etymology

en- +‎ prison +‎ -er

Verb

emprisonner

1. to imprison

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-nn, *-nns, *-nnt are modified to n, ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of emprisonner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		emprisonner			avoir emprisonné
gerund		en emprisonnant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		emprisonnant
past participle		emprisonné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	emprison	emprisonnes	emprisonne	emprisonnons	emprisonnez	emprisonnent
	imperfect	emprisonnoie, emprisonneie, emprisonnoe, emprisonneve	emprisonnoies, emprisonneies, emprisonnoes, emprisonneves	emprisonnoit, emprisonneit, emprisonnot, emprisonneve	emprisonniiens, emprisonniens	emprisonniiez, emprisonniez	emprisonnoient, emprisonneient, emprisonnoent, emprisonnevent
	preterite	emprisonnai	emprisonnas	emprisonna	emprisonnames	emprisonnastes	emprisonnerent
	future	emprisonnerai	emprisonneras	emprisonnera	emprisonnerons	emprisonneroiz, emprisonnereiz, emprisonnerez	emprisonneront
	conditional	emprisonneroie, emprisonnereie	emprisonneroies, emprisonnereies	emprisonneroit, emprisonnereit	emprisonneriiens, emprisonneriens	emprisonneriiez, emprisonneriez	emprisonneroient, emprisonnereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	emprison	emprisons	emprisont	emprisonnons	emprisonnez	emprisonnent
	imperfect	emprisonnasse	emprisonnasses	emprisonnast	emprisonnissons, emprisonnissiens	emprisonnissoiz, emprisonnissez, emprisonnissiez	emprisonnassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	emprisonne	—	emprisonnons	emprisonnez	—

Descendants

• → English: imprison
• French: emprisonner
• Norman: emprisonner