empenner

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ penne +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.pɛ.ne/, /ɑ̃.pe.ne/
  • Audio (Lyon, France):(file)

Verb

empenner

  1. (transitive, archery) to fletch (to attach feathers to an arrow)
  2. (transitive, dated) to cover with feathers (as in a bird)

Conjugation
Conjugation of empenner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple empenner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple empennant
/ɑ̃.pɛ.nɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle empenné
/ɑ̃.pɛ.ne/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present empenne
/ɑ̃.pɛn/		 empennes
/ɑ̃.pɛn/		 empenne
/ɑ̃.pɛn/		 empennons
/ɑ̃.pɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɔ̃/		 empennez
/ɑ̃.pɛ.ne/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ne/		 empennent
/ɑ̃.pɛn/
imperfect empennais
/ɑ̃.pɛ.nɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɛ/		 empennais
/ɑ̃.pɛ.nɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɛ/		 empennait
/ɑ̃.pɛ.nɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɛ/		 empennions
/ɑ̃.pɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.njɔ̃/		 empenniez
/ɑ̃.pɛ.nje/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nje/		 empennaient
/ɑ̃.pɛ.nɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɛ/
past historic2 empennai
/ɑ̃.pɛ.ne/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ne/		 empennas
/ɑ̃.pɛ.na/ or /ɑ̃.pe.na/		 empenna
/ɑ̃.pɛ.na/ or /ɑ̃.pe.na/		 empennâmes
/ɑ̃.pɛ.nam/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nam/		 empennâtes
/ɑ̃.pɛ.nat/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nat/		 empennèrent
/ɑ̃.pɛ.nɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɛʁ/
future empennerai
/ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁe/		 empenneras
/ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁa/		 empennera
/ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁa/		 empennerons
/ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁɔ̃/		 empennerez
/ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁe/		 empenneront
/ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional empennerais
/ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁɛ/		 empennerais
/ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁɛ/		 empennerait
/ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁɛ/		 empennerions
/ɑ̃.pɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 empenneriez
/ɑ̃.pɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nə.ʁje/		 empenneraient
/ɑ̃.pɛn.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 empenne
/ɑ̃.pɛn/		 empennes
/ɑ̃.pɛn/		 empenne
/ɑ̃.pɛn/		 empennions
/ɑ̃.pɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.njɔ̃/		 empenniez
/ɑ̃.pɛ.nje/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nje/		 empennent
/ɑ̃.pɛn/
imperfect2 empennasse
/ɑ̃.pɛ.nas/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nas/		 empennasses
/ɑ̃.pɛ.nas/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nas/		 empennât
/ɑ̃.pɛ.na/ or /ɑ̃.pe.na/		 empennassions
/ɑ̃.pɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.na.sjɔ̃/		 empennassiez
/ɑ̃.pɛ.na.sje/ or /ɑ̃.pe.na.sje/		 empennassent
/ɑ̃.pɛ.nas/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — empenne
/ɑ̃.pɛn/		 — empennons
/ɑ̃.pɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɔ̃/		 empennez
/ɑ̃.pɛ.ne/ or /ɑ̃.pe.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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