ébranler

French

Etymology

From é- +‎ branler (“to shake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.bʁɑ̃.le/

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• Homophones: ébranlé, ébranlée, ébranlées, ébranlés, ébranlez
• Rhymes: -e

Verb

ébranler

1. (transitive) to shake, rattle
2. (transitive) to weaken (health), disturb, unhinge (spirits)
3. (reflexive) to move off, set off (of vehicle)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ébranler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ébranler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ébranlant /e.bʁɑ̃.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ébranlé /e.bʁɑ̃.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ébranle /e.bʁɑ̃l/	ébranles /e.bʁɑ̃l/	ébranle /e.bʁɑ̃l/	ébranlons /e.bʁɑ̃.lɔ̃/	ébranlez /e.bʁɑ̃.le/	ébranlent /e.bʁɑ̃l/
	imperfect	ébranlais /e.bʁɑ̃.lɛ/	ébranlais /e.bʁɑ̃.lɛ/	ébranlait /e.bʁɑ̃.lɛ/	ébranlions /e.bʁɑ̃.ljɔ̃/	ébranliez /e.bʁɑ̃.lje/	ébranlaient /e.bʁɑ̃.lɛ/
	past historic2	ébranlai /e.bʁɑ̃.le/	ébranlas /e.bʁɑ̃.la/	ébranla /e.bʁɑ̃.la/	ébranlâmes /e.bʁɑ̃.lam/	ébranlâtes /e.bʁɑ̃.lat/	ébranlèrent /e.bʁɑ̃.lɛʁ/
	future	ébranlerai /e.bʁɑ̃l.ʁe/	ébranleras /e.bʁɑ̃l.ʁa/	ébranlera /e.bʁɑ̃l.ʁa/	ébranlerons /e.bʁɑ̃l.ʁɔ̃/	ébranlerez /e.bʁɑ̃l.ʁe/	ébranleront /e.bʁɑ̃l.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ébranlerais /e.bʁɑ̃l.ʁɛ/	ébranlerais /e.bʁɑ̃l.ʁɛ/	ébranlerait /e.bʁɑ̃l.ʁɛ/	ébranlerions /e.bʁɑ̃.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	ébranleriez /e.bʁɑ̃.lə.ʁje/	ébranleraient /e.bʁɑ̃l.ʁɛ/
(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	ébranle /e.bʁɑ̃l/	ébranles /e.bʁɑ̃l/	ébranle /e.bʁɑ̃l/	ébranlions /e.bʁɑ̃.ljɔ̃/	ébranliez /e.bʁɑ̃.lje/	ébranlent /e.bʁɑ̃l/
	imperfect2	ébranlasse /e.bʁɑ̃.las/	ébranlasses /e.bʁɑ̃.las/	ébranlât /e.bʁɑ̃.la/	ébranlassions /e.bʁɑ̃.la.sjɔ̃/	ébranlassiez /e.bʁɑ̃.la.sje/	ébranlassent /e.bʁɑ̃.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ébranle /e.bʁɑ̃l/	—	ébranlons /e.bʁɑ̃.lɔ̃/	ébranlez /e.bʁɑ̃.le/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• ébranlable
• ébranlement
• entr’ébranler, entrébranler
• inébranlable
• inébranlé

 

Related terms

• branler

Further reading

• “ébranler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “ébranler” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “ébranler” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.