embobiner

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ bobine (“reel, spool”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.ne/
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Verb

embobiner

  1. (transitive) to wind up, reel up
  2. (transitive) to wrap up
    une mouche embobinée dans une toile d’araignée
    a fly wrapped up in a spider's web
  3. (colloquial, transitive) reel in

Conjugation
Conjugation of embobiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple embobiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple embobinant
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle embobiné
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present embobine
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bin/		 embobines
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bin/		 embobine
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bin/		 embobinons
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.nɔ̃/		 embobinez
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.ne/		 embobinent
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bin/
imperfect embobinais
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.nɛ/		 embobinais
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.nɛ/		 embobinait
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.nɛ/		 embobinions
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.njɔ̃/		 embobiniez
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.nje/		 embobinaient
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.nɛ/
past historic2 embobinai
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.ne/		 embobinas
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.na/		 embobina
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.na/		 embobinâmes
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.nam/		 embobinâtes
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.nat/		 embobinèrent
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.nɛʁ/
future embobinerai
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bin.ʁe/		 embobineras
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bin.ʁa/		 embobinera
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bin.ʁa/		 embobinerons
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bin.ʁɔ̃/		 embobinerez
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bin.ʁe/		 embobineront
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional embobinerais
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bin.ʁɛ/		 embobinerais
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bin.ʁɛ/		 embobinerait
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bin.ʁɛ/		 embobinerions
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 embobineriez
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.nə.ʁje/		 embobineraient
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bin.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 embobine
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bin/		 embobines
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bin/		 embobine
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bin/		 embobinions
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.njɔ̃/		 embobiniez
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.nje/		 embobinent
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bin/
imperfect2 embobinasse
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.nas/		 embobinasses
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.nas/		 embobinât
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.na/		 embobinassions
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.na.sjɔ̃/		 embobinassiez
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.na.sje/		 embobinassent
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — embobine
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bin/		 — embobinons
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.nɔ̃/		 embobinez
/ɑ̃.bɔ.bi.ne/		 —
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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