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enfanter
enfanter
French
Verb
enfanter
- (literary, transitive) to bear [a child], bring into the world
- (transitive, of animals) to give birth
- (transitive, of plants) to bear [fruit]
- (transitive) to produce, reel off [an opus]
Synonyms
(bear [a child]):
Conjugation
Conjugation of enfanter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | enfanter | avoir enfanté | |||||
| gerund | en enfantant | en ayant enfanté | |||||
| present participle | enfantant /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | enfanté /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | enfante /ɑ̃.fɑ̃t/ |
enfantes /ɑ̃.fɑ̃t/ |
enfante /ɑ̃.fɑ̃t/ |
enfantons /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
enfantez /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.te/ |
enfantent /ɑ̃.fɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | enfantais /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tɛ/ |
enfantais /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tɛ/ |
enfantait /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tɛ/ |
enfantions /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
enfantiez /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tje/ |
enfantaient /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | enfantai /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.te/ |
enfantas /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.ta/ |
enfanta /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.ta/ |
enfantâmes /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tam/ |
enfantâtes /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tat/ |
enfantèrent /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | enfanterai /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tʁe/ |
enfanteras /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tʁa/ |
enfantera /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tʁa/ |
enfanterons /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
enfanterez /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tʁe/ |
enfanteront /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | enfanterais /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
enfanterais /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
enfanterait /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
enfanterions /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enfanteriez /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
enfanteraient /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | enfante /ɑ̃.fɑ̃t/ |
enfantes /ɑ̃.fɑ̃t/ |
enfante /ɑ̃.fɑ̃t/ |
enfantions /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
enfantiez /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tje/ |
enfantent /ɑ̃.fɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect1 |
enfantasse /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tas/ |
enfantasses /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tas/ |
enfantât /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.ta/ |
enfantassions /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
enfantassiez /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
enfantassent /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | enfante /ɑ̃.fɑ̃t/ |
— | enfantons /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
enfantez /ɑ̃.fɑ̃.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Old French
Alternative forms
- enfaunter (Late Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
Verb
enfanter
- to give birth
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of enfanter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | enfanter | avoir enfanté | |||||
| gerund | en enfantant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | enfantant | ||||||
| past participle | enfanté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | enfant | enfantes | enfante | enfantons | enfantez | enfantent |
| imperfect | enfantoie, enfanteie, enfantoe, enfanteve | enfantoies, enfanteies, enfantoes, enfanteves | enfantoit, enfanteit, enfantot, enfanteve | enfantiiens, enfantiens | enfantiiez, enfantiez | enfantoient, enfanteient, enfantoent, enfantevent | |
| preterite | enfantai | enfantas | enfanta | enfantames | enfantastes | enfanterent | |
| future | enfanterai | enfanteras | enfantera | enfanterons | enfanteroiz, enfantereiz, enfanterez | enfanteront | |
| conditional | enfanteroie, enfantereie | enfanteroies, enfantereies | enfanteroit, enfantereit | enfanteriiens, enfanteriens | enfanteriiez, enfanteriez | enfanteroient, enfantereient | |
| 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 | enfant | enfanz | enfant | enfantons | enfantez | enfantent |
| imperfect | enfantasse | enfantasses | enfantast | enfantissons, enfantissiens | enfantissoiz, enfantissez, enfantissiez | enfantassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | enfante | — | enfantons | enfantez | — | ||