embaucher

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ bauche +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.bo.ʃe/

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Verb

embaucher

1. to hire, to employ

   Antonym: débaucher

   Certains employeurs embauchent des travailleurs clandestins.

   Some employers hire illegal workers.

Conjugation

Conjugation of embaucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	embaucher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	embauchant /ɑ̃.bo.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		embauché /ɑ̃.bo.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	embauche /ɑ̃.boʃ/	embauches /ɑ̃.boʃ/	embauche /ɑ̃.boʃ/	embauchons /ɑ̃.bo.ʃɔ̃/	embauchez /ɑ̃.bo.ʃe/	embauchent /ɑ̃.boʃ/
	imperfect	embauchais /ɑ̃.bo.ʃɛ/	embauchais /ɑ̃.bo.ʃɛ/	embauchait /ɑ̃.bo.ʃɛ/	embauchions /ɑ̃.bo.ʃjɔ̃/	embauchiez /ɑ̃.bo.ʃje/	embauchaient /ɑ̃.bo.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	embauchai /ɑ̃.bo.ʃe/	embauchas /ɑ̃.bo.ʃa/	embaucha /ɑ̃.bo.ʃa/	embauchâmes /ɑ̃.bo.ʃam/	embauchâtes /ɑ̃.bo.ʃat/	embauchèrent /ɑ̃.bo.ʃɛʁ/
	future	embaucherai /ɑ̃.boʃ.ʁe/	embaucheras /ɑ̃.boʃ.ʁa/	embauchera /ɑ̃.boʃ.ʁa/	embaucherons /ɑ̃.boʃ.ʁɔ̃/	embaucherez /ɑ̃.boʃ.ʁe/	embaucheront /ɑ̃.boʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	embaucherais /ɑ̃.boʃ.ʁɛ/	embaucherais /ɑ̃.boʃ.ʁɛ/	embaucherait /ɑ̃.boʃ.ʁɛ/	embaucherions /ɑ̃.bo.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	embaucheriez /ɑ̃.bo.ʃə.ʁje/	embaucheraient /ɑ̃.boʃ.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	embauche /ɑ̃.boʃ/	embauches /ɑ̃.boʃ/	embauche /ɑ̃.boʃ/	embauchions /ɑ̃.bo.ʃjɔ̃/	embauchiez /ɑ̃.bo.ʃje/	embauchent /ɑ̃.boʃ/
	imperfect2	embauchasse /ɑ̃.bo.ʃas/	embauchasses /ɑ̃.bo.ʃas/	embauchât /ɑ̃.bo.ʃa/	embauchassions /ɑ̃.bo.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	embauchassiez /ɑ̃.bo.ʃa.sje/	embauchassent /ɑ̃.bo.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	embauche /ɑ̃.boʃ/	—	embauchons /ɑ̃.bo.ʃɔ̃/	embauchez /ɑ̃.bo.ʃe/	—
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).

Further reading

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