empoter

French

Etymology

From em- +‎ pot +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.pɔ.te/

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Verb

empoter

1. (transitive) to pot (a plant)
2. (transitive) to load liquid or gas into a tanker (road vehicle)

Conjugation

Conjugation of empoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	empoter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	empotant /ɑ̃.pɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		empoté /ɑ̃.pɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	empote /ɑ̃.pɔt/	empotes /ɑ̃.pɔt/	empote /ɑ̃.pɔt/	empotons /ɑ̃.pɔ.tɔ̃/	empotez /ɑ̃.pɔ.te/	empotent /ɑ̃.pɔt/
	imperfect	empotais /ɑ̃.pɔ.tɛ/	empotais /ɑ̃.pɔ.tɛ/	empotait /ɑ̃.pɔ.tɛ/	empotions /ɑ̃.pɔ.tjɔ̃/	empotiez /ɑ̃.pɔ.tje/	empotaient /ɑ̃.pɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	empotai /ɑ̃.pɔ.te/	empotas /ɑ̃.pɔ.ta/	empota /ɑ̃.pɔ.ta/	empotâmes /ɑ̃.pɔ.tam/	empotâtes /ɑ̃.pɔ.tat/	empotèrent /ɑ̃.pɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	empoterai /ɑ̃.pɔ.tʁe/	empoteras /ɑ̃.pɔ.tʁa/	empotera /ɑ̃.pɔ.tʁa/	empoterons /ɑ̃.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/	empoterez /ɑ̃.pɔ.tʁe/	empoteront /ɑ̃.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	empoterais /ɑ̃.pɔ.tʁɛ/	empoterais /ɑ̃.pɔ.tʁɛ/	empoterait /ɑ̃.pɔ.tʁɛ/	empoterions /ɑ̃.pɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	empoteriez /ɑ̃.pɔ.tə.ʁje/	empoteraient /ɑ̃.pɔ.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	empote /ɑ̃.pɔt/	empotes /ɑ̃.pɔt/	empote /ɑ̃.pɔt/	empotions /ɑ̃.pɔ.tjɔ̃/	empotiez /ɑ̃.pɔ.tje/	empotent /ɑ̃.pɔt/
	imperfect2	empotasse /ɑ̃.pɔ.tas/	empotasses /ɑ̃.pɔ.tas/	empotât /ɑ̃.pɔ.ta/	empotassions /ɑ̃.pɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	empotassiez /ɑ̃.pɔ.ta.sje/	empotassent /ɑ̃.pɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	empote /ɑ̃.pɔt/	—	empotons /ɑ̃.pɔ.tɔ̃/	empotez /ɑ̃.pɔ.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).

Derived terms

• empoté

Further reading

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