embûcher

See also: embucher

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *imboscāre, from in + boscus (“wood, woods”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.by.ʃe/
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Verb

embûcher

  1. (of an animal) to make enter its lair
  2. (dated) to ambush

Conjugation
Conjugation of embûcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple embûcher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple embûchant
/ɑ̃.by.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle embûché
/ɑ̃.by.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present embûche
/ɑ̃.byʃ/		 embûches
/ɑ̃.byʃ/		 embûche
/ɑ̃.byʃ/		 embûchons
/ɑ̃.by.ʃɔ̃/		 embûchez
/ɑ̃.by.ʃe/		 embûchent
/ɑ̃.byʃ/
imperfect embûchais
/ɑ̃.by.ʃɛ/		 embûchais
/ɑ̃.by.ʃɛ/		 embûchait
/ɑ̃.by.ʃɛ/		 embûchions
/ɑ̃.by.ʃjɔ̃/		 embûchiez
/ɑ̃.by.ʃje/		 embûchaient
/ɑ̃.by.ʃɛ/
past historic2 embûchai
/ɑ̃.by.ʃe/		 embûchas
/ɑ̃.by.ʃa/		 embûcha
/ɑ̃.by.ʃa/		 embûchâmes
/ɑ̃.by.ʃam/		 embûchâtes
/ɑ̃.by.ʃat/		 embûchèrent
/ɑ̃.by.ʃɛʁ/
future embûcherai
/ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁe/		 embûcheras
/ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁa/		 embûchera
/ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁa/		 embûcherons
/ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁɔ̃/		 embûcherez
/ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁe/		 embûcheront
/ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional embûcherais
/ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁɛ/		 embûcherais
/ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁɛ/		 embûcherait
/ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁɛ/		 embûcherions
/ɑ̃.by.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/		 embûcheriez
/ɑ̃.by.ʃə.ʁje/		 embûcheraient
/ɑ̃.byʃ.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 embûche
/ɑ̃.byʃ/		 embûches
/ɑ̃.byʃ/		 embûche
/ɑ̃.byʃ/		 embûchions
/ɑ̃.by.ʃjɔ̃/		 embûchiez
/ɑ̃.by.ʃje/		 embûchent
/ɑ̃.byʃ/
imperfect2 embûchasse
/ɑ̃.by.ʃas/		 embûchasses
/ɑ̃.by.ʃas/		 embûchât
/ɑ̃.by.ʃa/		 embûchassions
/ɑ̃.by.ʃa.sjɔ̃/		 embûchassiez
/ɑ̃.by.ʃa.sje/		 embûchassent
/ɑ̃.by.ʃas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — embûche
/ɑ̃.byʃ/		 — embûchons
/ɑ̃.by.ʃɔ̃/		 embûchez
/ɑ̃.by.ʃe/		 —
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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