enherber
French
Etymology
en- + herber
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.be/
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Verb
enherber
- (rare) to cover with grass
- (archaic) to poison
- Synonym: empoisonner
Conjugation
Conjugation of enherber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | enherber | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | enherbant /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | enherbé /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.be/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | enherbe /ɑ̃.ɛʁb/ | enherbes /ɑ̃.ɛʁb/ | enherbe /ɑ̃.ɛʁb/ | enherbons /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bɔ̃/ | enherbez /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.be/ | enherbent /ɑ̃.ɛʁb/ |
| imperfect | enherbais /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bɛ/ | enherbais /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bɛ/ | enherbait /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bɛ/ | enherbions /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bjɔ̃/ | enherbiez /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bje/ | enherbaient /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | enherbai /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.be/ | enherbas /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.ba/ | enherba /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.ba/ | enherbâmes /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bam/ | enherbâtes /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bat/ | enherbèrent /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bɛʁ/ | |
| future | enherberai /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bə.ʁe/ | enherberas /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bə.ʁa/ | enherbera /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bə.ʁa/ | enherberons /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/ | enherberez /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bə.ʁe/ | enherberont /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | enherberais /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ | enherberais /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ | enherberait /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ | enherberions /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ | enherberiez /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bə.ʁje/ | enherberaient /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bə.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 | enherbe /ɑ̃.ɛʁb/ | enherbes /ɑ̃.ɛʁb/ | enherbe /ɑ̃.ɛʁb/ | enherbions /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bjɔ̃/ | enherbiez /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bje/ | enherbent /ɑ̃.ɛʁb/ |
| imperfect2 | enherbasse /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bas/ | enherbasses /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bas/ | enherbât /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.ba/ | enherbassions /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.ba.sjɔ̃/ | enherbassiez /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.ba.sje/ | enherbassent /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | enherbe /ɑ̃.ɛʁb/ | — | enherbons /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.bɔ̃/ | enherbez /ɑ̃.ɛʁ.be/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- enherbage
- enherbement
Further reading
- “enherber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.