ensabler
French edit
Etymology edit
From en- + sable (“sand”) + -er.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ensabler
- (transitive) to silt up
- (transitive) to strand (on a sandbank or beach)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of ensabler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ensabler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ensablant /ɑ̃.sa.blɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ensablé /ɑ̃.sa.ble/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ensable /ɑ̃.sabl/ |
ensables /ɑ̃.sabl/ |
ensable /ɑ̃.sabl/ |
ensablons /ɑ̃.sa.blɔ̃/ |
ensablez /ɑ̃.sa.ble/ |
ensablent /ɑ̃.sabl/ |
| imperfect | ensablais /ɑ̃.sa.blɛ/ |
ensablais /ɑ̃.sa.blɛ/ |
ensablait /ɑ̃.sa.blɛ/ |
ensablions /ɑ̃.sa.bli.jɔ̃/ |
ensabliez /ɑ̃.sa.bli.je/ |
ensablaient /ɑ̃.sa.blɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ensablai /ɑ̃.sa.ble/ |
ensablas /ɑ̃.sa.bla/ |
ensabla /ɑ̃.sa.bla/ |
ensablâmes /ɑ̃.sa.blam/ |
ensablâtes /ɑ̃.sa.blat/ |
ensablèrent /ɑ̃.sa.blɛʁ/ | |
| future | ensablerai /ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁe/ |
ensableras /ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁa/ |
ensablera /ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁa/ |
ensablerons /ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁɔ̃/ |
ensablerez /ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁe/ |
ensableront /ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ensablerais /ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁɛ/ |
ensablerais /ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁɛ/ |
ensablerait /ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁɛ/ |
ensablerions /ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ensableriez /ɑ̃.sa.blə.ʁje/ |
ensableraient /ɑ̃.sa.blə.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 | ensable /ɑ̃.sabl/ |
ensables /ɑ̃.sabl/ |
ensable /ɑ̃.sabl/ |
ensablions /ɑ̃.sa.bli.jɔ̃/ |
ensabliez /ɑ̃.sa.bli.je/ |
ensablent /ɑ̃.sabl/ |
| imperfect2 | ensablasse /ɑ̃.sa.blas/ |
ensablasses /ɑ̃.sa.blas/ |
ensablât /ɑ̃.sa.bla/ |
ensablassions /ɑ̃.sa.bla.sjɔ̃/ |
ensablassiez /ɑ̃.sa.bla.sje/ |
ensablassent /ɑ̃.sa.blas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ensable /ɑ̃.sabl/ |
— | ensablons /ɑ̃.sa.blɔ̃/ |
ensablez /ɑ̃.sa.ble/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading edit
- “ensabler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.