engeancer
French
Etymology
engeance + -er
Pronunciation
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Verb
engeancer
- (dated) to embarrass
Usage notes
- Only used in cerytain stock phrases.
Conjugation
This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.
Conjugation of engeancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | engeancer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | engeançant /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | engeancé /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | engeance /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/ | engeances /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/ | engeance /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/ | engeançons /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sɔ̃/ | engeancez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.se/ | engeancent /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | engeançais /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sɛ/ | engeançais /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sɛ/ | engeançait /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sɛ/ | engeancions /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ | engeanciez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sje/ | engeançaient /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | engeançai /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.se/ | engeanças /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sa/ | engeança /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sa/ | engeançâmes /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sam/ | engeançâtes /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sat/ | engeancèrent /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | engeancerai /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sʁe/ | engeanceras /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sʁa/ | engeancera /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sʁa/ | engeancerons /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | engeancerez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sʁe/ | engeanceront /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | engeancerais /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | engeancerais /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | engeancerait /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | engeancerions /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | engeanceriez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ | engeanceraient /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | engeance /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/ | engeances /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/ | engeance /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/ | engeancions /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ | engeanciez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sje/ | engeancent /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect2 | engeançasse /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sas/ | engeançasses /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sas/ | engeançât /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sa/ | engeançassions /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ | engeançassiez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sa.sje/ | engeançassent /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | engeance /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/ | — | engeançons /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sɔ̃/ | engeancez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.se/ | — | |
| 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
- “engeancer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.