ambrer
French
Etymology
ambre + -er
Pronunciation
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Verb
ambrer
- to perfume with ambergris
Conjugation
Conjugation of ambrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | ambrer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | ambrant /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | ambré /ɑ̃.bʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | ambre /ɑ̃bʁ/ | ambres /ɑ̃bʁ/ | ambre /ɑ̃bʁ/ | ambrons /ɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/ | ambrez /ɑ̃.bʁe/ | ambrent /ɑ̃bʁ/ |
imperfect | ambrais /ɑ̃.bʁɛ/ | ambrais /ɑ̃.bʁɛ/ | ambrait /ɑ̃.bʁɛ/ | ambrions /ɑ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃/ | ambriez /ɑ̃.bʁi.je/ | ambraient /ɑ̃.bʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | ambrai /ɑ̃.bʁe/ | ambras /ɑ̃.bʁa/ | ambra /ɑ̃.bʁa/ | ambrâmes /ɑ̃.bʁam/ | ambrâtes /ɑ̃.bʁat/ | ambrèrent /ɑ̃.bʁɛʁ/ | |
future | ambrerai /ɑ̃.bʁə.ʁe/ | ambreras /ɑ̃.bʁə.ʁa/ | ambrera /ɑ̃.bʁə.ʁa/ | ambrerons /ɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | ambrerez /ɑ̃.bʁə.ʁe/ | ambreront /ɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | ambrerais /ɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/ | ambrerais /ɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/ | ambrerait /ɑ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/ | ambrerions /ɑ̃.bʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | ambreriez /ɑ̃.bʁə.ʁje/ | ambreraient /ɑ̃.bʁə.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 | ambre /ɑ̃bʁ/ | ambres /ɑ̃bʁ/ | ambre /ɑ̃bʁ/ | ambrions /ɑ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃/ | ambriez /ɑ̃.bʁi.je/ | ambrent /ɑ̃bʁ/ |
imperfect2 | ambrasse /ɑ̃.bʁas/ | ambrasses /ɑ̃.bʁas/ | ambrât /ɑ̃.bʁa/ | ambrassions /ɑ̃.bʁa.sjɔ̃/ | ambrassiez /ɑ̃.bʁa.sje/ | ambrassent /ɑ̃.bʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | ambre /ɑ̃bʁ/ | — | ambrons /ɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/ | ambrez /ɑ̃.bʁe/ | — | |
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
- “ambrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- bramer, marbre, marbré