ensoleiller
French
Etymology
en- + soleil + -er
Pronunciation
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Verb
ensoleiller
- to fill with light, to brighten, to illuminate
Conjugation
Conjugation of ensoleiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ensoleiller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ensoleillant /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ensoleillé /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | ensoleille /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/ | ensoleilles /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/ | ensoleille /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/ | ensoleillons /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɔ̃/ | ensoleillez /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.je/ | ensoleillent /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/ |
| imperfect | ensoleillais /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɛ/ | ensoleillais /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɛ/ | ensoleillait /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɛ/ | ensoleillions /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.jɔ̃/ | ensoleilliez /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.je/ | ensoleillaient /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ensoleillai /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.je/ | ensoleillas /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.ja/ | ensoleilla /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.ja/ | ensoleillâmes /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jam/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jam/ | ensoleillâtes /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jat/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jat/ | ensoleillèrent /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | ensoleillerai /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁe/ | ensoleilleras /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁa/ | ensoleillera /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁa/ | ensoleillerons /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁɔ̃/ | ensoleillerez /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁe/ | ensoleilleront /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ensoleillerais /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁɛ/ | ensoleillerais /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁɛ/ | ensoleillerait /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁɛ/ | ensoleillerions /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ | ensoleilleriez /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jə.ʁje/ | ensoleilleraient /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.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 | ensoleille /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/ | ensoleilles /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/ | ensoleille /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/ | ensoleillions /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.jɔ̃/ | ensoleilliez /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.je/ | ensoleillent /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/ |
| imperfect2 | ensoleillasse /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jas/ | ensoleillasses /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jas/ | ensoleillât /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.ja/ | ensoleillassions /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.ja.sjɔ̃/ | ensoleillassiez /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.ja.sje/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.ja.sje/ | ensoleillassent /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ensoleille /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/ | — | ensoleillons /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɔ̃/ | ensoleillez /ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.je/ | — | |
| 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
- ensoleillement
- ensoleillé
Further reading
- “ensoleiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.