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emboucher
emboucher
French
Verb
emboucher
- to place one's lips against the mouthpiece of a wind instrument
- to place the bit in a horse's mouth
- (informal) to tell off, to antagonize
- (reflexive, informal) to argue
Conjugation
Conjugation of emboucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | emboucher | avoir embouché | |||||
| gerund | en embouchant | en ayant embouché | |||||
| present participle | embouchant /ɑ̃.bu.ʃɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | embouché /ɑ̃.bu.ʃe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | embouche /ɑ̃.buʃ/ |
embouches /ɑ̃.buʃ/ |
embouche /ɑ̃.buʃ/ |
embouchons /ɑ̃.bu.ʃɔ̃/ |
embouchez /ɑ̃.bu.ʃe/ |
embouchent /ɑ̃.buʃ/ |
| imperfect | embouchais /ɑ̃.bu.ʃɛ/ |
embouchais /ɑ̃.bu.ʃɛ/ |
embouchait /ɑ̃.bu.ʃɛ/ |
embouchions /ɑ̃.bu.ʃjɔ̃/ |
embouchiez /ɑ̃.bu.ʃje/ |
embouchaient /ɑ̃.bu.ʃɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | embouchai /ɑ̃.bu.ʃe/ |
embouchas /ɑ̃.bu.ʃa/ |
emboucha /ɑ̃.bu.ʃa/ |
embouchâmes /ɑ̃.bu.ʃam/ |
embouchâtes /ɑ̃.bu.ʃat/ |
embouchèrent /ɑ̃.bu.ʃɛʁ/ |
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| future | emboucherai /ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁe/ |
emboucheras /ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁa/ |
embouchera /ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁa/ |
emboucherons /ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
emboucherez /ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁe/ |
emboucheront /ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | emboucherais /ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁɛ/ |
emboucherais /ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁɛ/ |
emboucherait /ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁɛ/ |
emboucherions /ɑ̃.bu.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
emboucheriez /ɑ̃.bu.ʃə.ʁje/ |
emboucheraient /ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | embouche /ɑ̃.buʃ/ |
embouches /ɑ̃.buʃ/ |
embouche /ɑ̃.buʃ/ |
embouchions /ɑ̃.bu.ʃjɔ̃/ |
embouchiez /ɑ̃.bu.ʃje/ |
embouchent /ɑ̃.buʃ/ |
| imperfect1 |
embouchasse /ɑ̃.bu.ʃas/ |
embouchasses /ɑ̃.bu.ʃas/ |
embouchât /ɑ̃.bu.ʃa/ |
embouchassions /ɑ̃.bu.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
embouchassiez /ɑ̃.bu.ʃa.sje/ |
embouchassent /ɑ̃.bu.ʃas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | embouche /ɑ̃.buʃ/ |
— | embouchons /ɑ̃.bu.ʃɔ̃/ |
embouchez /ɑ̃.bu.ʃe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
Middle French
Etymology
Old French embouchier, from en- + bouche + -ier.
Verb
emboucher
- to inform (keep someone informed)
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of emboucher
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | emboucher | avoir embouché | |||||
| gerund | en embouchant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | embouchant | ||||||
| past participle | embouché | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | embouche | embouches | embouche | embouchons | embouchez | embouchent |
| imperfect | embouchois, embouchoys | embouchois, embouchoys | embouchoit, embouchoyt | embouchions, embouchyons | embouchiez, embouchyez | embouchoient, embouchoyent | |
| past historic | emboucha | embouchas | emboucha | embouchasmes | embouchastes | emboucherent | |
| future | emboucherai, emboucheray | emboucheras | embouchera | emboucherons | emboucherez | emboucheront | |
| conditional | emboucherois, emboucheroys | emboucherois, emboucheroys | emboucheroit, emboucheroyt | emboucherions, emboucheryons | emboucheriez, emboucheryez | emboucheroient, emboucheroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | embouche | embouches | embouche | embouchons | embouchez | embouchent |
| imperfect | embouchasse | embouchasses | embouchast | embouchassions | embouchassiez | embouchassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | embouche | — | embouchons | embouchez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: emboucher
References
- emboucher on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)