ensabler

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ sable (“sand”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sa.ble/
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Verb

ensabler

  1. (transitive) to silt up
  2. (transitive) to strand (on a sandbank or beach)

Conjugation
Conjugation of ensabler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ensabler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ensablant
/ɑ̃.sa.blɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ensablé
/ɑ̃.sa.ble/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present ensable
/ɑ̃.sabl/		 ensables
/ɑ̃.sabl/		 ensable
/ɑ̃.sabl/		 ensablons
/ɑ̃.sa.blɔ̃/		 ensablez
/ɑ̃.sa.ble/		 ensablent
/ɑ̃.sabl/
imperfect ensablais
/ɑ̃.sa.blɛ/		 ensablais
/ɑ̃.sa.blɛ/		 ensablait
/ɑ̃.sa.blɛ/		 ensablions
/ɑ̃.sa.bli.jɔ̃/		 ensabliez
/ɑ̃.sa.bli.je/		 ensablaient
/ɑ̃.sa.blɛ/
past historic2 ensablai
/ɑ̃.sa.ble/		 ensablas
/ɑ̃.sa.bla/		 ensabla
/ɑ̃.sa.bla/		 ensablâmes
/ɑ̃.sa.blam/		 ensablâtes
/ɑ̃.sa.blat/		 ensablèrent
/ɑ̃.sa.blɛʁ/
future ensablerai
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁe/		 ensableras
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁa/		 ensablera
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁa/		 ensablerons
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁɔ̃/		 ensablerez
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁe/		 ensableront
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional ensablerais
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁɛ/		 ensablerais
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁɛ/		 ensablerait
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁɛ/		 ensablerions
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁjɔ̃/		 ensableriez
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁje/		 ensableraient
/ɑ̃.sa.blə.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 ensable
/ɑ̃.sabl/		 ensables
/ɑ̃.sabl/		 ensable
/ɑ̃.sabl/		 ensablions
/ɑ̃.sa.bli.jɔ̃/		 ensabliez
/ɑ̃.sa.bli.je/		 ensablent
/ɑ̃.sabl/
imperfect2 ensablasse
/ɑ̃.sa.blas/		 ensablasses
/ɑ̃.sa.blas/		 ensablât
/ɑ̃.sa.bla/		 ensablassions
/ɑ̃.sa.bla.sjɔ̃/		 ensablassiez
/ɑ̃.sa.bla.sje/		 ensablassent
/ɑ̃.sa.blas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ensable
/ɑ̃.sabl/		 — ensablons
/ɑ̃.sa.blɔ̃/		 ensablez
/ɑ̃.sa.ble/		 —
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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