émerveiller
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French esmerveler.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editémerveiller
- to fascinate, amaze (strike with admiration and marvel)
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, s'émerveiller) to marvel (at)
Usage notes
edit- The verb is most common in the pronominal. In the non-pronominal form, the verb is usually used in the passive or compound tenses.
Conjugation
editConjugation of émerveiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | émerveiller | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | émerveillant /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.jɑ̃/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.jɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | émerveillé /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.je/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.je/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | émerveille /e.mɛʁ.vɛj/ |
émerveilles /e.mɛʁ.vɛj/ |
émerveille /e.mɛʁ.vɛj/ |
émerveillons /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.jɔ̃/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.jɔ̃/ |
émerveillez /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.je/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.je/ |
émerveillent /e.mɛʁ.vɛj/ |
imperfect | émerveillais /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.jɛ/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.jɛ/ |
émerveillais /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.jɛ/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.jɛ/ |
émerveillait /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.jɛ/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.jɛ/ |
émerveillions /e.mɛʁ.vɛj.jɔ̃/ |
émerveilliez /e.mɛʁ.vɛj.je/ |
émerveillaient /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.jɛ/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | émerveillai /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.je/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.je/ |
émerveillas /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.ja/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.ja/ |
émerveilla /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.ja/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.ja/ |
émerveillâmes /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.jam/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.jam/ |
émerveillâtes /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.jat/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.jat/ |
émerveillèrent /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.jɛʁ/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.jɛʁ/ | |
future | émerveillerai /e.mɛʁ.vɛj.ʁe/ |
émerveilleras /e.mɛʁ.vɛj.ʁa/ |
émerveillera /e.mɛʁ.vɛj.ʁa/ |
émerveillerons /e.mɛʁ.vɛj.ʁɔ̃/ |
émerveillerez /e.mɛʁ.vɛj.ʁe/ |
émerveilleront /e.mɛʁ.vɛj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | émerveillerais /e.mɛʁ.vɛj.ʁɛ/ |
émerveillerais /e.mɛʁ.vɛj.ʁɛ/ |
émerveillerait /e.mɛʁ.vɛj.ʁɛ/ |
émerveillerions /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
émerveilleriez /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.jə.ʁje/ |
émerveilleraient /e.mɛʁ.vɛj.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 | émerveille /e.mɛʁ.vɛj/ |
émerveilles /e.mɛʁ.vɛj/ |
émerveille /e.mɛʁ.vɛj/ |
émerveillions /e.mɛʁ.vɛj.jɔ̃/ |
émerveilliez /e.mɛʁ.vɛj.je/ |
émerveillent /e.mɛʁ.vɛj/ |
imperfect2 | émerveillasse /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.jas/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.jas/ |
émerveillasses /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.jas/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.jas/ |
émerveillât /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.ja/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.ja/ |
émerveillassions /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
émerveillassiez /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.ja.sje/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.ja.sje/ |
émerveillassent /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.jas/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | émerveille /e.mɛʁ.vɛj/ |
— | émerveillons /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.jɔ̃/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.jɔ̃/ |
émerveillez /e.mɛʁ.vɛ.je/ or /e.mɛʁ.ve.je/ |
— | |
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- “émerveiller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.