emberlificoter

French

Etymology

Uncertain, possible corruption of emberlucoquer or embrelicoquer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.te/

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Verb

emberlificoter

1. (informal) to entangle

   Synonyms: embobiner, embrouiller, emmêler, entortiller

Conjugation

Conjugation of emberlificoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	emberlificoter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	emberlificotant /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		emberlificoté /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	emberlificote /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔt/	emberlificotes /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔt/	emberlificote /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔt/	emberlificotons /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tɔ̃/	emberlificotez /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.te/	emberlificotent /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔt/
	imperfect	emberlificotais /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tɛ/	emberlificotais /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tɛ/	emberlificotait /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tɛ/	emberlificotions /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tjɔ̃/	emberlificotiez /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tje/	emberlificotaient /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	emberlificotai /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.te/	emberlificotas /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.ta/	emberlificota /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.ta/	emberlificotâmes /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tam/	emberlificotâtes /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tat/	emberlificotèrent /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	emberlificoterai /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tʁe/	emberlificoteras /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tʁa/	emberlificotera /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tʁa/	emberlificoterons /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/	emberlificoterez /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tʁe/	emberlificoteront /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	emberlificoterais /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tʁɛ/	emberlificoterais /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tʁɛ/	emberlificoterait /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tʁɛ/	emberlificoterions /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	emberlificoteriez /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tə.ʁje/	emberlificoteraient /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tʁɛ/
(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	emberlificote /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔt/	emberlificotes /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔt/	emberlificote /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔt/	emberlificotions /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tjɔ̃/	emberlificotiez /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tje/	emberlificotent /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔt/
	imperfect2	emberlificotasse /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tas/	emberlificotasses /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tas/	emberlificotât /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.ta/	emberlificotassions /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	emberlificotassiez /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.ta.sje/	emberlificotassent /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	emberlificote /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔt/	—	emberlificotons /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.tɔ̃/	emberlificotez /ɑ̃.bɛʁ.li.fi.kɔ.te/	—
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

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