ombrager
French
Etymology
ombrage + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒe/
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Verb
ombrager
- (transitive) to shade
- (transitive) to overshadow
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written ombrage- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of ombrager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | ombrager | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | ombrageant /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | ombragé /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | ombrage /ɔ̃.bʁaʒ/ | ombrages /ɔ̃.bʁaʒ/ | ombrage /ɔ̃.bʁaʒ/ | ombrageons /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒɔ̃/ | ombragez /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒe/ | ombragent /ɔ̃.bʁaʒ/ |
imperfect | ombrageais /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒɛ/ | ombrageais /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒɛ/ | ombrageait /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒɛ/ | ombragions /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒjɔ̃/ | ombragiez /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒje/ | ombrageaient /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒɛ/ | |
past historic2 | ombrageai /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒe/ | ombrageas /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒa/ | ombragea /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒa/ | ombrageâmes /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒam/ | ombrageâtes /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒat/ | ombragèrent /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒɛʁ/ | |
future | ombragerai /ɔ̃.bʁaʒ.ʁe/ | ombrageras /ɔ̃.bʁaʒ.ʁa/ | ombragera /ɔ̃.bʁaʒ.ʁa/ | ombragerons /ɔ̃.bʁaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | ombragerez /ɔ̃.bʁaʒ.ʁe/ | ombrageront /ɔ̃.bʁaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | ombragerais /ɔ̃.bʁaʒ.ʁɛ/ | ombragerais /ɔ̃.bʁaʒ.ʁɛ/ | ombragerait /ɔ̃.bʁaʒ.ʁɛ/ | ombragerions /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | ombrageriez /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒə.ʁje/ | ombrageraient /ɔ̃.bʁaʒ.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 | ombrage /ɔ̃.bʁaʒ/ | ombrages /ɔ̃.bʁaʒ/ | ombrage /ɔ̃.bʁaʒ/ | ombragions /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒjɔ̃/ | ombragiez /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒje/ | ombragent /ɔ̃.bʁaʒ/ |
imperfect2 | ombrageasse /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒas/ | ombrageasses /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒas/ | ombrageât /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒa/ | ombrageassions /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | ombrageassiez /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒa.sje/ | ombrageassent /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | ombrage /ɔ̃.bʁaʒ/ | — | ombrageons /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒɔ̃/ | ombragez /ɔ̃.bʁa.ʒe/ | — | |
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
- “ombrager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.