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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]embraser
- to set fire to
- (figuratively) to inflame, impassion
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of embraser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | embraser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | embrasant /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | embrasé /ɑ̃.bʁa.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | embrase /ɑ̃.bʁaz/ |
embrases /ɑ̃.bʁaz/ |
embrase /ɑ̃.bʁaz/ |
embrasons /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɔ̃/ |
embrasez /ɑ̃.bʁa.ze/ |
embrasent /ɑ̃.bʁaz/ |
| imperfect | embrasais /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɛ/ |
embrasais /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɛ/ |
embrasait /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɛ/ |
embrasions /ɑ̃.bʁa.zjɔ̃/ |
embrasiez /ɑ̃.bʁa.zje/ |
embrasaient /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | embrasai /ɑ̃.bʁa.ze/ |
embrasas /ɑ̃.bʁa.za/ |
embrasa /ɑ̃.bʁa.za/ |
embrasâmes /ɑ̃.bʁa.zam/ |
embrasâtes /ɑ̃.bʁa.zat/ |
embrasèrent /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | embraserai /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁe/ |
embraseras /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁa/ |
embrasera /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁa/ |
embraserons /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ |
embraserez /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁe/ |
embraseront /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | embraserais /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁɛ/ |
embraserais /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁɛ/ |
embraserait /ɑ̃.bʁaz.ʁɛ/ |
embraserions /ɑ̃.bʁa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
embraseriez /ɑ̃.bʁa.zə.ʁje/ |
embraseraient /ɑ̃.bʁaz.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 | embrase /ɑ̃.bʁaz/ |
embrases /ɑ̃.bʁaz/ |
embrase /ɑ̃.bʁaz/ |
embrasions /ɑ̃.bʁa.zjɔ̃/ |
embrasiez /ɑ̃.bʁa.zje/ |
embrasent /ɑ̃.bʁaz/ |
| imperfect2 | embrasasse /ɑ̃.bʁa.zas/ |
embrasasses /ɑ̃.bʁa.zas/ |
embrasât /ɑ̃.bʁa.za/ |
embrasassions /ɑ̃.bʁa.za.sjɔ̃/ |
embrasassiez /ɑ̃.bʁa.za.sje/ |
embrasassent /ɑ̃.bʁa.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | embrase /ɑ̃.bʁaz/ |
— | embrasons /ɑ̃.bʁa.zɔ̃/ |
embrasez /ɑ̃.bʁa.ze/ |
— | |
| 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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “embraser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.