embarquer

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ barque +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.baʁ.ke/

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Verb

embarquer

1. to board (a vehicle)
2. to embark (to set off on a journey)
3. (followed by dans) To embark (upon)

Conjugation

Conjugation of embarquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	embarquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	embarquant /ɑ̃.baʁ.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		embarqué /ɑ̃.baʁ.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	embarque /ɑ̃.baʁk/	embarques /ɑ̃.baʁk/	embarque /ɑ̃.baʁk/	embarquons /ɑ̃.baʁ.kɔ̃/	embarquez /ɑ̃.baʁ.ke/	embarquent /ɑ̃.baʁk/
	imperfect	embarquais /ɑ̃.baʁ.kɛ/	embarquais /ɑ̃.baʁ.kɛ/	embarquait /ɑ̃.baʁ.kɛ/	embarquions /ɑ̃.baʁ.kjɔ̃/	embarquiez /ɑ̃.baʁ.kje/	embarquaient /ɑ̃.baʁ.kɛ/
	past historic2	embarquai /ɑ̃.baʁ.ke/	embarquas /ɑ̃.baʁ.ka/	embarqua /ɑ̃.baʁ.ka/	embarquâmes /ɑ̃.baʁ.kam/	embarquâtes /ɑ̃.baʁ.kat/	embarquèrent /ɑ̃.baʁ.kɛʁ/
	future	embarquerai /ɑ̃.baʁ.kə.ʁe/	embarqueras /ɑ̃.baʁ.kə.ʁa/	embarquera /ɑ̃.baʁ.kə.ʁa/	embarquerons /ɑ̃.baʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/	embarquerez /ɑ̃.baʁ.kə.ʁe/	embarqueront /ɑ̃.baʁ.kə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	embarquerais /ɑ̃.baʁ.kə.ʁɛ/	embarquerais /ɑ̃.baʁ.kə.ʁɛ/	embarquerait /ɑ̃.baʁ.kə.ʁɛ/	embarquerions /ɑ̃.baʁ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	embarqueriez /ɑ̃.baʁ.kə.ʁje/	embarqueraient /ɑ̃.baʁ.kə.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	embarque /ɑ̃.baʁk/	embarques /ɑ̃.baʁk/	embarque /ɑ̃.baʁk/	embarquions /ɑ̃.baʁ.kjɔ̃/	embarquiez /ɑ̃.baʁ.kje/	embarquent /ɑ̃.baʁk/
	imperfect2	embarquasse /ɑ̃.baʁ.kas/	embarquasses /ɑ̃.baʁ.kas/	embarquât /ɑ̃.baʁ.ka/	embarquassions /ɑ̃.baʁ.ka.sjɔ̃/	embarquassiez /ɑ̃.baʁ.ka.sje/	embarquassent /ɑ̃.baʁ.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	embarque /ɑ̃.baʁk/	—	embarquons /ɑ̃.baʁ.kɔ̃/	embarquez /ɑ̃.baʁ.ke/	—
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).

Antonyms

• débarquer

Derived terms

• embarquement

Further reading

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