engloutir
French
Etymology
From Old French englotir, from Late Latin ingluttīre, present active infinitive of ingluttiō, from Latin gluttiō; alternatively, from Old French en- + glotir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tiʁ/
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Verb
engloutir
- (transitive) to gulp
- (transitive) to swallow up
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
infinitive | simple | engloutir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | engloutissant /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | englouti /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | engloutis /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/ | engloutis /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/ | engloutit /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/ | engloutissons /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sɔ̃/ | engloutissez /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.se/ | engloutissent /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/ |
imperfect | engloutissais /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sɛ/ | engloutissais /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sɛ/ | engloutissait /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sɛ/ | engloutissions /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sjɔ̃/ | engloutissiez /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sje/ | engloutissaient /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | engloutis /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/ | engloutis /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/ | engloutit /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/ | engloutîmes /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tim/ | engloutîtes /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tit/ | engloutirent /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tiʁ/ | |
future | engloutirai /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁe/ | engloutiras /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁa/ | engloutira /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁa/ | engloutirons /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | engloutirez /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁe/ | engloutiront /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | engloutirais /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁɛ/ | engloutirais /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁɛ/ | engloutirait /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁɛ/ | engloutirions /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ | engloutiriez /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁje/ | engloutiraient /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.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 | engloutisse /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/ | engloutisses /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/ | engloutisse /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/ | engloutissions /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sjɔ̃/ | engloutissiez /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sje/ | engloutissent /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/ |
imperfect2 | engloutisse /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/ | engloutisses /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/ | engloutît /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/ | engloutissions /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sjɔ̃/ | engloutissiez /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sje/ | engloutissent /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | engloutis /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/ | — | engloutissons /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sɔ̃/ | engloutissez /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.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
- “engloutir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Verb
engloutir
- Alternative form of englotir
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group or second-group verb (ending in -ir, without or with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | engloutir | avoir englouti | |||||
gerund | en engloutant, engloutissant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | engloutant, engloutissant | ||||||
past participle | englouti | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses | present | englout, engloutis | englouz, engloutis | englout, engloutist | engloutons, engloutissons | engloutez, engloutissez | engloutent, engloutissent |
imperfect | engloutoie, englouteie, engloutissoie, engloutisseie | engloutoies, englouteies, engloutissoies, engloutisseies | engloutoit, englouteit, engloutissoit, engloutisseit | engloutiiens, engloutiens, engloutissiiens, engloutissiens | engloutiiez, engloutiez, engloutissiiez, engloutissiez | engloutoient, englouteient, engloutissoient, engloutisseient | |
preterite | englouti | engloutis | englouti | engloutimes | engloutistes | engloutirent | |
future | engloutirai | engloutiras | engloutira | engloutirons | engloutiroiz, engloutireiz, engloutirez | engloutiront | |
conditional | engloutiroie, engloutireie | engloutiroies, engloutireies | engloutiroit, engloutireit | engloutiriiens, engloutiriens | engloutiriiez, engloutiriez | engloutiroient, engloutireient | |
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 | engloute, engloutisse | engloutes, engloutisses | engloute, engloutisse | engloutons, engloutissons | engloutez, engloutissez | engloutent, engloutissent |
imperfect | engloutisse | engloutisses | engloutist | engloutissons, engloutissiens | engloutissoiz, engloutissez, engloutissiez | engloutissent | |
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 | – | |
— | englout, engloutis | — | engloutons, engloutissons | engloutez, engloutissez | — |