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emprisonner
emprisonner
French
Verb
emprisonner
- to imprison
Conjugation
Conjugation of emprisonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | emprisonner | avoir emprisonné | |||||
| gerund | en emprisonnant | en ayant emprisonné | |||||
| present participle | emprisonnant /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | emprisonné /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | emprisonne /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn/ |
emprisonnes /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn/ |
emprisonne /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn/ |
emprisonnons /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nɔ̃/ |
emprisonnez /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.ne/ |
emprisonnent /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn/ |
| imperfect | emprisonnais /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nɛ/ |
emprisonnais /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nɛ/ |
emprisonnait /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nɛ/ |
emprisonnions /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.njɔ̃/ |
emprisonniez /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nje/ |
emprisonnaient /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | emprisonnai /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.ne/ |
emprisonnas /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.na/ |
emprisonna /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.na/ |
emprisonnâmes /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nam/ |
emprisonnâtes /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nat/ |
emprisonnèrent /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | emprisonnerai /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.ʁe/ |
emprisonneras /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.ʁa/ |
emprisonnera /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.ʁa/ |
emprisonnerons /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
emprisonnerez /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.ʁe/ |
emprisonneront /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | emprisonnerais /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.ʁɛ/ |
emprisonnerais /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.ʁɛ/ |
emprisonnerait /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.ʁɛ/ |
emprisonnerions /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
emprisonneriez /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
emprisonneraient /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.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 | emprisonne /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn/ |
emprisonnes /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn/ |
emprisonne /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn/ |
emprisonnions /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.njɔ̃/ |
emprisonniez /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nje/ |
emprisonnent /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn/ |
| imperfect1 |
emprisonnasse /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nas/ |
emprisonnasses /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nas/ |
emprisonnât /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.na/ |
emprisonnassions /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
emprisonnassiez /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.na.sje/ |
emprisonnassent /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | emprisonne /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn/ |
— | emprisonnons /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.nɔ̃/ |
emprisonnez /ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔ.ne/ |
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Norman
Etymology
From Old French emprisonner.
Verb
emprisonner
Synonyms
Antonyms
- libéther (“to free”)
Old French
Alternative forms
- enprisonner
Etymology
Verb
emprisonner
- to imprison
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-nn, *-nns, *-nnt are modified to n, ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of emprisonner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | emprisonner | avoir emprisonné | |||||
| gerund | en emprisonnant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | emprisonnant | ||||||
| past participle | emprisonné | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | emprison | emprisonnes | emprisonne | emprisonnons | emprisonnez | emprisonnent |
| imperfect | emprisonnoie, emprisonneie, emprisonnoe, emprisonneve | emprisonnoies, emprisonneies, emprisonnoes, emprisonneves | emprisonnoit, emprisonneit, emprisonnot, emprisonneve | emprisonniiens, emprisonniens | emprisonniiez, emprisonniez | emprisonnoient, emprisonneient, emprisonnoent, emprisonnevent | |
| preterite | emprisonnai | emprisonnas | emprisonna | emprisonnames | emprisonnastes | emprisonnerent | |
| future | emprisonnerai | emprisonneras | emprisonnera | emprisonnerons | emprisonneroiz, emprisonnereiz, emprisonnerez | emprisonneront | |
| conditional | emprisonneroie, emprisonnereie | emprisonneroies, emprisonnereies | emprisonneroit, emprisonnereit | emprisonneriiens, emprisonneriens | emprisonneriiez, emprisonneriez | emprisonneroient, emprisonnereient | |
| 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 preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | emprison | emprisons | emprisont | emprisonnons | emprisonnez | emprisonnent |
| imperfect | emprisonnasse | emprisonnasses | emprisonnast | emprisonnissons, emprisonnissiens | emprisonnissoiz, emprisonnissez, emprisonnissiez | emprisonnassent | |
| 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 | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | emprisonne | — | emprisonnons | emprisonnez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: imprison (borrowed)
- French: emprisonner
- Norman: emprisonner