encoubler
French
Etymology
From en- + Latin cōpulō + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ku.ble/
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Verb
encoubler
- (Switzerland) to trip, stumble
- (reflexive, Switzerland) to trip over something
Conjugation
Conjugation of encoubler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | encoubler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | encoublant /ɑ̃.ku.blɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | encoublé /ɑ̃.ku.ble/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | encouble /ɑ̃.kubl/ | encoubles /ɑ̃.kubl/ | encouble /ɑ̃.kubl/ | encoublons /ɑ̃.ku.blɔ̃/ | encoublez /ɑ̃.ku.ble/ | encoublent /ɑ̃.kubl/ |
imperfect | encoublais /ɑ̃.ku.blɛ/ | encoublais /ɑ̃.ku.blɛ/ | encoublait /ɑ̃.ku.blɛ/ | encoublions /ɑ̃.ku.bli.jɔ̃/ | encoubliez /ɑ̃.ku.bli.je/ | encoublaient /ɑ̃.ku.blɛ/ | |
past historic2 | encoublai /ɑ̃.ku.ble/ | encoublas /ɑ̃.ku.bla/ | encoubla /ɑ̃.ku.bla/ | encoublâmes /ɑ̃.ku.blam/ | encoublâtes /ɑ̃.ku.blat/ | encoublèrent /ɑ̃.ku.blɛʁ/ | |
future | encoublerai /ɑ̃.ku.blə.ʁe/ | encoubleras /ɑ̃.ku.blə.ʁa/ | encoublera /ɑ̃.ku.blə.ʁa/ | encoublerons /ɑ̃.ku.blə.ʁɔ̃/ | encoublerez /ɑ̃.ku.blə.ʁe/ | encoubleront /ɑ̃.ku.blə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | encoublerais /ɑ̃.ku.blə.ʁɛ/ | encoublerais /ɑ̃.ku.blə.ʁɛ/ | encoublerait /ɑ̃.ku.blə.ʁɛ/ | encoublerions /ɑ̃.ku.blə.ʁjɔ̃/ | encoubleriez /ɑ̃.ku.blə.ʁje/ | encoubleraient /ɑ̃.ku.blə.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 | encouble /ɑ̃.kubl/ | encoubles /ɑ̃.kubl/ | encouble /ɑ̃.kubl/ | encoublions /ɑ̃.ku.bli.jɔ̃/ | encoubliez /ɑ̃.ku.bli.je/ | encoublent /ɑ̃.kubl/ |
imperfect2 | encoublasse /ɑ̃.ku.blas/ | encoublasses /ɑ̃.ku.blas/ | encoublât /ɑ̃.ku.bla/ | encoublassions /ɑ̃.ku.bla.sjɔ̃/ | encoublassiez /ɑ̃.ku.bla.sje/ | encoublassent /ɑ̃.ku.blas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | encouble /ɑ̃.kubl/ | — | encoublons /ɑ̃.ku.blɔ̃/ | encoublez /ɑ̃.ku.ble/ | — | |
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). |
Synonyms
- trébucher
Further reading
- “encoubler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.