empaqueter

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.pak.te/

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Verb

empaqueter

1. to package (put into a package)
2. (slang) to put away, put behind bars (imprison)
3. to wrap up (cover with many clothes)

Conjugation

With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.

Conjugation of empaqueter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	empaqueter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	empaquetant /ɑ̃.pak.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		empaqueté /ɑ̃.pak.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	empaquette or empaquète /ɑ̃.pa.kɛt/	empaquettes or empaquètes /ɑ̃.pa.kɛt/	empaquette or empaquète /ɑ̃.pa.kɛt/	empaquetons /ɑ̃.pak.tɔ̃/	empaquetez /ɑ̃.pak.te/	empaquettent or empaquètent /ɑ̃.pa.kɛt/
	imperfect	empaquetais /ɑ̃.pak.tɛ/	empaquetais /ɑ̃.pak.tɛ/	empaquetait /ɑ̃.pak.tɛ/	empaquetions /ɑ̃.pa.kə.tjɔ̃/	empaquetiez /ɑ̃.pa.kə.tje/	empaquetaient /ɑ̃.pak.tɛ/
	past historic2	empaquetai /ɑ̃.pak.te/	empaquetas /ɑ̃.pak.ta/	empaqueta /ɑ̃.pak.ta/	empaquetâmes /ɑ̃.pak.tam/	empaquetâtes /ɑ̃.pak.tat/	empaquetèrent /ɑ̃.pak.tɛʁ/
	future	empaquetterai or empaquèterai /ɑ̃.pa.kɛ.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃.pa.ke.tʁe/	empaquetteras or empaquèteras /ɑ̃.pa.kɛ.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃.pa.ke.tʁa/	empaquettera or empaquètera /ɑ̃.pa.kɛ.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃.pa.ke.tʁa/	empaquetterons or empaquèterons /ɑ̃.pa.kɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pa.ke.tʁɔ̃/	empaquetterez or empaquèterez /ɑ̃.pa.kɛ.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃.pa.ke.tʁe/	empaquetteront or empaquèteront /ɑ̃.pa.kɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pa.ke.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	empaquetterais or empaquèterais /ɑ̃.pa.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pa.ke.tʁɛ/	empaquetterais or empaquèterais /ɑ̃.pa.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pa.ke.tʁɛ/	empaquetterait or empaquèterait /ɑ̃.pa.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pa.ke.tʁɛ/	empaquetterions or empaquèterions /ɑ̃.pa.kɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pa.ke.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	empaquetteriez or empaquèteriez /ɑ̃.pa.kɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.pa.ke.tə.ʁje/	empaquetteraient or empaquèteraient /ɑ̃.pa.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pa.ke.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	empaquette or empaquète /ɑ̃.pa.kɛt/	empaquettes or empaquètes /ɑ̃.pa.kɛt/	empaquette or empaquète /ɑ̃.pa.kɛt/	empaquetions /ɑ̃.pa.kə.tjɔ̃/	empaquetiez /ɑ̃.pa.kə.tje/	empaquettent or empaquètent /ɑ̃.pa.kɛt/
	imperfect2	empaquetasse /ɑ̃.pak.tas/	empaquetasses /ɑ̃.pak.tas/	empaquetât /ɑ̃.pak.ta/	empaquetassions /ɑ̃.pak.ta.sjɔ̃/	empaquetassiez /ɑ̃.pak.ta.sje/	empaquetassent /ɑ̃.pak.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	empaquette or empaquète /ɑ̃.pa.kɛt/	—	empaquetons /ɑ̃.pak.tɔ̃/	empaquetez /ɑ̃.pak.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

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