encoubler

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ Latin cōpulō +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ku.ble/

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Verb

encoubler

1. (Switzerland) to trip, stumble
2. (reflexive, Switzerland) to trip over something

Conjugation

Conjugation of encoubler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	encoubler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	encoublant /ɑ̃.ku.blɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		encoublé /ɑ̃.ku.ble/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	encouble /ɑ̃.kubl/	encoubles /ɑ̃.kubl/	encouble /ɑ̃.kubl/	encoublons /ɑ̃.ku.blɔ̃/	encoublez /ɑ̃.ku.ble/	encoublent /ɑ̃.kubl/
	imperfect	encoublais /ɑ̃.ku.blɛ/	encoublais /ɑ̃.ku.blɛ/	encoublait /ɑ̃.ku.blɛ/	encoublions /ɑ̃.ku.bli.jɔ̃/	encoubliez /ɑ̃.ku.bli.je/	encoublaient /ɑ̃.ku.blɛ/
	past historic2	encoublai /ɑ̃.ku.ble/	encoublas /ɑ̃.ku.bla/	encoubla /ɑ̃.ku.bla/	encoublâmes /ɑ̃.ku.blam/	encoublâtes /ɑ̃.ku.blat/	encoublèrent /ɑ̃.ku.blɛʁ/
	future	encoublerai /ɑ̃.ku.blə.ʁe/	encoubleras /ɑ̃.ku.blə.ʁa/	encoublera /ɑ̃.ku.blə.ʁa/	encoublerons /ɑ̃.ku.blə.ʁɔ̃/	encoublerez /ɑ̃.ku.blə.ʁe/	encoubleront /ɑ̃.ku.blə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	encoublerais /ɑ̃.ku.blə.ʁɛ/	encoublerais /ɑ̃.ku.blə.ʁɛ/	encoublerait /ɑ̃.ku.blə.ʁɛ/	encoublerions /ɑ̃.ku.blə.ʁjɔ̃/	encoubleriez /ɑ̃.ku.blə.ʁje/	encoubleraient /ɑ̃.ku.blə.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	encouble /ɑ̃.kubl/	encoubles /ɑ̃.kubl/	encouble /ɑ̃.kubl/	encoublions /ɑ̃.ku.bli.jɔ̃/	encoubliez /ɑ̃.ku.bli.je/	encoublent /ɑ̃.kubl/
	imperfect2	encoublasse /ɑ̃.ku.blas/	encoublasses /ɑ̃.ku.blas/	encoublât /ɑ̃.ku.bla/	encoublassions /ɑ̃.ku.bla.sjɔ̃/	encoublassiez /ɑ̃.ku.bla.sje/	encoublassent /ɑ̃.ku.blas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	encouble /ɑ̃.kubl/	—	encoublons /ɑ̃.ku.blɔ̃/	encoublez /ɑ̃.ku.ble/	—
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).

Synonyms

• trébucher

Further reading

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