embastiller

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ Bastille +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.bas.ti.je/

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Verb

embastiller

1. (historical) to imprison in Bastille
2. (by extension) to imprison

Conjugation

Conjugation of embastiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	embastiller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	embastillant /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		embastillé /ɑ̃.bas.ti.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	embastille /ɑ̃.bas.tij/	embastilles /ɑ̃.bas.tij/	embastille /ɑ̃.bas.tij/	embastillons /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jɔ̃/	embastillez /ɑ̃.bas.ti.je/	embastillent /ɑ̃.bas.tij/
	imperfect	embastillais /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jɛ/	embastillais /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jɛ/	embastillait /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jɛ/	embastillions /ɑ̃.bas.tij.jɔ̃/	embastilliez /ɑ̃.bas.tij.je/	embastillaient /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jɛ/
	past historic2	embastillai /ɑ̃.bas.ti.je/	embastillas /ɑ̃.bas.ti.ja/	embastilla /ɑ̃.bas.ti.ja/	embastillâmes /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jam/	embastillâtes /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jat/	embastillèrent /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jɛʁ/
	future	embastillerai /ɑ̃.bas.tij.ʁe/	embastilleras /ɑ̃.bas.tij.ʁa/	embastillera /ɑ̃.bas.tij.ʁa/	embastillerons /ɑ̃.bas.tij.ʁɔ̃/	embastillerez /ɑ̃.bas.tij.ʁe/	embastilleront /ɑ̃.bas.tij.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	embastillerais /ɑ̃.bas.tij.ʁɛ/	embastillerais /ɑ̃.bas.tij.ʁɛ/	embastillerait /ɑ̃.bas.tij.ʁɛ/	embastillerions /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	embastilleriez /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jə.ʁje/	embastilleraient /ɑ̃.bas.tij.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	embastille /ɑ̃.bas.tij/	embastilles /ɑ̃.bas.tij/	embastille /ɑ̃.bas.tij/	embastillions /ɑ̃.bas.tij.jɔ̃/	embastilliez /ɑ̃.bas.tij.je/	embastillent /ɑ̃.bas.tij/
	imperfect2	embastillasse /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jas/	embastillasses /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jas/	embastillât /ɑ̃.bas.ti.ja/	embastillassions /ɑ̃.bas.ti.ja.sjɔ̃/	embastillassiez /ɑ̃.bas.ti.ja.sje/	embastillassent /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	embastille /ɑ̃.bas.tij/	—	embastillons /ɑ̃.bas.ti.jɔ̃/	embastillez /ɑ̃.bas.ti.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: 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).

Derived terms

• embastillement

Further reading

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