énerver

See also: enerver

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēnervāre. By surface analysis, é- +‎ nerf +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /e.nɛʁ.ve/
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Verb

énerver

  1. (transitive) to vex, to get on one's nerves
  2. to unnerve, to make nervous
  3. (Quebec) to be excited

Conjugation
Conjugation of énerver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple énerver
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple énervant
/e.nɛʁ.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle énervé
/e.nɛʁ.ve/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present énerve
/e.nɛʁv/		 énerves
/e.nɛʁv/		 énerve
/e.nɛʁv/		 énervons
/e.nɛʁ.vɔ̃/		 énervez
/e.nɛʁ.ve/		 énervent
/e.nɛʁv/
imperfect énervais
/e.nɛʁ.vɛ/		 énervais
/e.nɛʁ.vɛ/		 énervait
/e.nɛʁ.vɛ/		 énervions
/e.nɛʁ.vjɔ̃/		 énerviez
/e.nɛʁ.vje/		 énervaient
/e.nɛʁ.vɛ/
past historic2 énervai
/e.nɛʁ.ve/		 énervas
/e.nɛʁ.va/		 énerva
/e.nɛʁ.va/		 énervâmes
/e.nɛʁ.vam/		 énervâtes
/e.nɛʁ.vat/		 énervèrent
/e.nɛʁ.vɛʁ/
future énerverai
/e.nɛʁ.və.ʁe/		 énerveras
/e.nɛʁ.və.ʁa/		 énervera
/e.nɛʁ.və.ʁa/		 énerverons
/e.nɛʁ.və.ʁɔ̃/		 énerverez
/e.nɛʁ.və.ʁe/		 énerveront
/e.nɛʁ.və.ʁɔ̃/
conditional énerverais
/e.nɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/		 énerverais
/e.nɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/		 énerverait
/e.nɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/		 énerverions
/e.nɛʁ.və.ʁjɔ̃/		 énerveriez
/e.nɛʁ.və.ʁje/		 énerveraient
/e.nɛʁ.və.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 énerve
/e.nɛʁv/		 énerves
/e.nɛʁv/		 énerve
/e.nɛʁv/		 énervions
/e.nɛʁ.vjɔ̃/		 énerviez
/e.nɛʁ.vje/		 énervent
/e.nɛʁv/
imperfect2 énervasse
/e.nɛʁ.vas/		 énervasses
/e.nɛʁ.vas/		 énervât
/e.nɛʁ.va/		 énervassions
/e.nɛʁ.va.sjɔ̃/		 énervassiez
/e.nɛʁ.va.sje/		 énervassent
/e.nɛʁ.vas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — énerve
/e.nɛʁv/		 — énervons
/e.nɛʁ.vɔ̃/		 énervez
/e.nɛʁ.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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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