engranger

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ grange +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒe/
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Verb

engranger

  1. to store
  2. to rake in
  3. to collect, gather in
  4. to gain (experience, points)
  5. to generate (economics; profits)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written engrange- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of engranger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple engranger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple engrangeant
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle engrangé
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present engrange
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ/		 engranges
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ/		 engrange
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ/		 engrangeons
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/		 engrangez
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒe/		 engrangent
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ/
imperfect engrangeais
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/		 engrangeais
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/		 engrangeait
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/		 engrangions
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/		 engrangiez
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒje/		 engrangeaient
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/
past historic2 engrangeai
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒe/		 engrangeas
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒa/		 engrangea
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒa/		 engrangeâmes
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒam/		 engrangeâtes
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒat/		 engrangèrent
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/
future engrangerai
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/		 engrangeras
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/		 engrangera
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/		 engrangerons
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/		 engrangerez
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/		 engrangeront
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional engrangerais
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/		 engrangerais
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/		 engrangerait
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/		 engrangerions
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/		 engrangeriez
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/		 engrangeraient
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ.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 engrange
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ/		 engranges
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ/		 engrange
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ/		 engrangions
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/		 engrangiez
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒje/		 engrangent
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ/
imperfect2 engrangeasse
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒas/		 engrangeasses
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒas/		 engrangeât
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒa/		 engrangeassions
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/		 engrangeassiez
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒa.sje/		 engrangeassent
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — engrange
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ/		 — engrangeons
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/		 engrangez
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒe/		 —
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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