engraisser
French
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *ingrassiare < *incrassiare < Latin crassus. Compare Italian ingrassare, Spanish engrasar, Romanian îngrășa.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editengraisser
- (transitive) to fatten
Conjugation
editConjugation of engraisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | engraisser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | engraissant /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | engraissé /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | engraisse /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/ |
engraisses /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/ |
engraisse /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/ |
engraissons /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɔ̃/ |
engraissez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.se/ |
engraissent /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | engraissais /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɛ/ |
engraissais /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɛ/ |
engraissait /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɛ/ |
engraissions /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/ |
engraissiez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sje/ |
engraissaient /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | engraissai /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.se/ |
engraissas /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sa/ |
engraissa /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sa/ |
engraissâmes /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sam/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sam/ |
engraissâtes /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sat/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sat/ |
engraissèrent /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | engraisserai /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁe/ |
engraisseras /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁa/ |
engraissera /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁa/ |
engraisserons /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/ |
engraisserez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁe/ |
engraisseront /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | engraisserais /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/ |
engraisserais /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/ |
engraisserait /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/ |
engraisserions /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
engraisseriez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sə.ʁje/ |
engraisseraient /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | engraisse /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/ |
engraisses /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/ |
engraisse /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/ |
engraissions /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/ |
engraissiez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sje/ |
engraissent /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | engraissasse /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sas/ |
engraissasses /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sas/ |
engraissât /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sa/ |
engraissassions /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
engraissassiez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sa.sje/ |
engraissassent /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | engraisse /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/ |
— | engraissons /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɔ̃/ |
engraissez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.se/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “engraisser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.