enjoliver
French
Etymology
From en- + Old French jolif (“pretty”) (Modern French joli) + -er.
Pronunciation
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Verb
enjoliver
- to embellish, prettify
Conjugation
Conjugation of enjoliver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | enjoliver | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | enjolivant /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | enjolivé /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.ve/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | enjolive /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.liv/ | enjolives /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.liv/ | enjolive /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.liv/ | enjolivons /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vɔ̃/ | enjolivez /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.ve/ | enjolivent /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.liv/ |
imperfect | enjolivais /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vɛ/ | enjolivais /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vɛ/ | enjolivait /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vɛ/ | enjolivions /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vjɔ̃/ | enjoliviez /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vje/ | enjolivaient /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vɛ/ | |
past historic2 | enjolivai /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.ve/ | enjolivas /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.va/ | enjoliva /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.va/ | enjolivâmes /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vam/ | enjolivâtes /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vat/ | enjolivèrent /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vɛʁ/ | |
future | enjoliverai /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vʁe/ | enjoliveras /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vʁa/ | enjolivera /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vʁa/ | enjoliverons /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vʁɔ̃/ | enjoliverez /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vʁe/ | enjoliveront /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | enjoliverais /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vʁɛ/ | enjoliverais /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vʁɛ/ | enjoliverait /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vʁɛ/ | enjoliverions /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.və.ʁjɔ̃/ | enjoliveriez /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.və.ʁje/ | enjoliveraient /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vʁɛ/ | |
(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 | enjolive /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.liv/ | enjolives /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.liv/ | enjolive /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.liv/ | enjolivions /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vjɔ̃/ | enjoliviez /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vje/ | enjolivent /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.liv/ |
imperfect2 | enjolivasse /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vas/ | enjolivasses /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vas/ | enjolivât /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.va/ | enjolivassions /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.va.sjɔ̃/ | enjolivassiez /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.va.sje/ | enjolivassent /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | enjolive /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.liv/ | — | enjolivons /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.vɔ̃/ | enjolivez /ɑ̃.ʒɔ.li.ve/ | — | |
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
- enjoliveur
Further reading
- “enjoliver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.