empâter
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.pa.te/, /ɑ̃.pɑ.te/
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Verb
empâter
- (transitive) to coat, enrobe
- (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to thicken
- (transitive) to puff up
- (figurative) to nourish
- Synonym: nourrir
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, figurative) to fill out, to get fat
- Synonym: grossir
- Il s’était considérablement empâté depuis notre dernière rencontre.
- He had put on quite a lot of weight since I last saw him.
Conjugation
Conjugation of empâter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | empâter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | empâtant /ɑ̃.pa.tɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | empâté /ɑ̃.pa.te/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | empâte /ɑ̃.pat/ or /ɑ̃.pɑt/ |
empâtes /ɑ̃.pat/ or /ɑ̃.pɑt/ |
empâte /ɑ̃.pat/ or /ɑ̃.pɑt/ |
empâtons /ɑ̃.pa.tɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tɔ̃/ |
empâtez /ɑ̃.pa.te/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.te/ |
empâtent /ɑ̃.pat/ or /ɑ̃.pɑt/ |
| imperfect | empâtais /ɑ̃.pa.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tɛ/ |
empâtais /ɑ̃.pa.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tɛ/ |
empâtait /ɑ̃.pa.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tɛ/ |
empâtions /ɑ̃.pa.tjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tjɔ̃/ |
empâtiez /ɑ̃.pa.tje/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tje/ |
empâtaient /ɑ̃.pa.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | empâtai /ɑ̃.pa.te/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.te/ |
empâtas /ɑ̃.pa.ta/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.ta/ |
empâta /ɑ̃.pa.ta/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.ta/ |
empâtâmes /ɑ̃.pa.tam/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tam/ |
empâtâtes /ɑ̃.pa.tat/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tat/ |
empâtèrent /ɑ̃.pa.tɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | empâterai /ɑ̃.pa.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁe/ |
empâteras /ɑ̃.pa.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁa/ |
empâtera /ɑ̃.pa.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁa/ |
empâterons /ɑ̃.pa.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁɔ̃/ |
empâterez /ɑ̃.pa.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁe/ |
empâteront /ɑ̃.pa.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | empâterais /ɑ̃.pa.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁɛ/ |
empâterais /ɑ̃.pa.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁɛ/ |
empâterait /ɑ̃.pa.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁɛ/ |
empâterions /ɑ̃.pa.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
empâteriez /ɑ̃.pa.tə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tə.ʁje/ |
empâteraient /ɑ̃.pa.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | empâte /ɑ̃.pat/ or /ɑ̃.pɑt/ |
empâtes /ɑ̃.pat/ or /ɑ̃.pɑt/ |
empâte /ɑ̃.pat/ or /ɑ̃.pɑt/ |
empâtions /ɑ̃.pa.tjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tjɔ̃/ |
empâtiez /ɑ̃.pa.tje/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tje/ |
empâtent /ɑ̃.pat/ or /ɑ̃.pɑt/ |
| imperfect2 | empâtasse /ɑ̃.pa.tas/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tas/ |
empâtasses /ɑ̃.pa.tas/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tas/ |
empâtât /ɑ̃.pa.ta/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.ta/ |
empâtassions /ɑ̃.pa.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
empâtassiez /ɑ̃.pa.ta.sje/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.ta.sje/ |
empâtassent /ɑ̃.pa.tas/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | empâte /ɑ̃.pat/ or /ɑ̃.pɑt/ |
— | empâtons /ɑ̃.pa.tɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tɔ̃/ |
empâtez /ɑ̃.pa.te/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.te/ |
— | |
| 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
- “empâter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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