embéguiner
French edit
Etymology edit
From em- + béguin (“bonnet”) + -er.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
embéguiner
- (figuratively) to have a crush on someone; to be infatuated
- Synonym: infatuer
- Il est embéguiné de cette femme.
- He has a crush on that woman.
- Elle est embéguinée de cette nouvelle mode.
- She was infatuated with that fashion trend.
- (literally, rare) to wear a bonnet
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of embéguiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | embéguiner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | embéguinant /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | embéguiné /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | embéguine /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/ |
embéguines /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/ |
embéguine /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/ |
embéguinons /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɔ̃/ |
embéguinez /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.ne/ |
embéguinent /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/ |
| imperfect | embéguinais /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɛ/ |
embéguinais /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɛ/ |
embéguinait /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɛ/ |
embéguinions /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.njɔ̃/ |
embéguiniez /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nje/ |
embéguinaient /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | embéguinai /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.ne/ |
embéguinas /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.na/ |
embéguina /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.na/ |
embéguinâmes /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nam/ |
embéguinâtes /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nat/ |
embéguinèrent /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | embéguinerai /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁe/ |
embéguineras /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁa/ |
embéguinera /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁa/ |
embéguinerons /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁɔ̃/ |
embéguinerez /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁe/ |
embéguineront /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | embéguinerais /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁɛ/ |
embéguinerais /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁɛ/ |
embéguinerait /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁɛ/ |
embéguinerions /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
embéguineriez /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nə.ʁje/ |
embéguineraient /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.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 | embéguine /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/ |
embéguines /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/ |
embéguine /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/ |
embéguinions /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.njɔ̃/ |
embéguiniez /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nje/ |
embéguinent /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/ |
| imperfect2 | embéguinasse /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nas/ |
embéguinasses /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nas/ |
embéguinât /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.na/ |
embéguinassions /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.na.sjɔ̃/ |
embéguinassiez /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.na.sje/ |
embéguinassent /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | embéguine /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/ |
— | embéguinons /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɔ̃/ |
embéguinez /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.ne/ |
— | |
| 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
- “embéguiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.