embouter

French

Etymology

From embout (“nozzle, tip”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

embouter

1. to put a nozzle or tip on something (see embout)

Conjugation

Conjugation of embouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	embouter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	emboutant /ɑ̃.bu.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		embouté /ɑ̃.bu.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	emboute /ɑ̃.but/	emboutes /ɑ̃.but/	emboute /ɑ̃.but/	emboutons /ɑ̃.bu.tɔ̃/	emboutez /ɑ̃.bu.te/	emboutent /ɑ̃.but/
	imperfect	emboutais /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ/	emboutais /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ/	emboutait /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ/	emboutions /ɑ̃.bu.tjɔ̃/	emboutiez /ɑ̃.bu.tje/	emboutaient /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ/
	past historic2	emboutai /ɑ̃.bu.te/	emboutas /ɑ̃.bu.ta/	embouta /ɑ̃.bu.ta/	emboutâmes /ɑ̃.bu.tam/	emboutâtes /ɑ̃.bu.tat/	emboutèrent /ɑ̃.bu.tɛʁ/
	future	embouterai /ɑ̃.bu.tʁe/	embouteras /ɑ̃.bu.tʁa/	emboutera /ɑ̃.bu.tʁa/	embouterons /ɑ̃.bu.tʁɔ̃/	embouterez /ɑ̃.bu.tʁe/	embouteront /ɑ̃.bu.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	embouterais /ɑ̃.bu.tʁɛ/	embouterais /ɑ̃.bu.tʁɛ/	embouterait /ɑ̃.bu.tʁɛ/	embouterions /ɑ̃.bu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	embouteriez /ɑ̃.bu.tə.ʁje/	embouteraient /ɑ̃.bu.tʁɛ/
(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	emboute /ɑ̃.but/	emboutes /ɑ̃.but/	emboute /ɑ̃.but/	emboutions /ɑ̃.bu.tjɔ̃/	emboutiez /ɑ̃.bu.tje/	emboutent /ɑ̃.but/
	imperfect2	emboutasse /ɑ̃.bu.tas/	emboutasses /ɑ̃.bu.tas/	emboutât /ɑ̃.bu.ta/	emboutassions /ɑ̃.bu.ta.sjɔ̃/	emboutassiez /ɑ̃.bu.ta.sje/	emboutassent /ɑ̃.bu.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	emboute /ɑ̃.but/	—	emboutons /ɑ̃.bu.tɔ̃/	emboutez /ɑ̃.bu.te/	—
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).

Further reading

• “embouter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.