embouquer

French

Etymology

From bouque.

Pronunciation

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Verb

embouquer

1. (nautical) to sail through a canal, strait or similar narrow passage

Conjugation

Conjugation of embouquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	embouquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	embouquant /ɑ̃.bu.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		embouqué /ɑ̃.bu.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	embouque /ɑ̃.buk/	embouques /ɑ̃.buk/	embouque /ɑ̃.buk/	embouquons /ɑ̃.bu.kɔ̃/	embouquez /ɑ̃.bu.ke/	embouquent /ɑ̃.buk/
	imperfect	embouquais /ɑ̃.bu.kɛ/	embouquais /ɑ̃.bu.kɛ/	embouquait /ɑ̃.bu.kɛ/	embouquions /ɑ̃.bu.kjɔ̃/	embouquiez /ɑ̃.bu.kje/	embouquaient /ɑ̃.bu.kɛ/
	past historic2	embouquai /ɑ̃.bu.ke/	embouquas /ɑ̃.bu.ka/	embouqua /ɑ̃.bu.ka/	embouquâmes /ɑ̃.bu.kam/	embouquâtes /ɑ̃.bu.kat/	embouquèrent /ɑ̃.bu.kɛʁ/
	future	embouquerai /ɑ̃.bu.kʁe/	embouqueras /ɑ̃.bu.kʁa/	embouquera /ɑ̃.bu.kʁa/	embouquerons /ɑ̃.bu.kʁɔ̃/	embouquerez /ɑ̃.bu.kʁe/	embouqueront /ɑ̃.bu.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	embouquerais /ɑ̃.bu.kʁɛ/	embouquerais /ɑ̃.bu.kʁɛ/	embouquerait /ɑ̃.bu.kʁɛ/	embouquerions /ɑ̃.bu.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	embouqueriez /ɑ̃.bu.kə.ʁje/	embouqueraient /ɑ̃.bu.kʁɛ/
(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	embouque /ɑ̃.buk/	embouques /ɑ̃.buk/	embouque /ɑ̃.buk/	embouquions /ɑ̃.bu.kjɔ̃/	embouquiez /ɑ̃.bu.kje/	embouquent /ɑ̃.buk/
	imperfect2	embouquasse /ɑ̃.bu.kas/	embouquasses /ɑ̃.bu.kas/	embouquât /ɑ̃.bu.ka/	embouquassions /ɑ̃.bu.ka.sjɔ̃/	embouquassiez /ɑ̃.bu.ka.sje/	embouquassent /ɑ̃.bu.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	embouque /ɑ̃.buk/	—	embouquons /ɑ̃.bu.kɔ̃/	embouquez /ɑ̃.bu.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).

Further reading

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