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Webster 1913 Edition
Encourager
En-cour′a-ger
,Noun.
One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer.
The pope is . . . a great
encourager
of arts. Addison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Encourager
ENCOUR'AGER
,Noun.
The pope is a master of polite learning and a great encourager of arts.
Definition 2025
encourager
encourager
French
Pronunciation
Verb
encourager
- to encourage
Related terms
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written encourage- 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 encourager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | encourager | avoir encouragé | |||||
| gerund | en encourageant | en ayant encouragé | |||||
| present participle | encourageant /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | encouragé /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | encourage /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ/ |
encourages /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ/ |
encourage /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ/ |
encourageons /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒɔ̃/ |
encouragez /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒe/ |
encouragent /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ/ |
| imperfect | encourageais /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒɛ/ |
encourageais /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒɛ/ |
encourageait /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒɛ/ |
encouragions /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒjɔ̃/ |
encouragiez /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒje/ |
encourageaient /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | encourageai /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒe/ |
encourageas /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒa/ |
encouragea /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒa/ |
encourageâmes /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒam/ |
encourageâtes /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒat/ |
encouragèrent /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | encouragerai /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.ʁe/ |
encourageras /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.ʁa/ |
encouragera /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.ʁa/ |
encouragerons /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
encouragerez /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.ʁe/ |
encourageront /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | encouragerais /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
encouragerais /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
encouragerait /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/ |
encouragerions /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
encourageriez /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒə.ʁje/ |
encourageraient /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.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 | encourage /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ/ |
encourages /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ/ |
encourage /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ/ |
encouragions /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒjɔ̃/ |
encouragiez /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒje/ |
encouragent /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
encourageasse /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒas/ |
encourageasses /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒas/ |
encourageât /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒa/ |
encourageassions /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
encourageassiez /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒa.sje/ |
encourageassent /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | encourage /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ/ |
— | encourageons /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒɔ̃/ |
encouragez /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒe/ |
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