enfourcher

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ fourche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (v) /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃe/

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Verb

enfourcher

1. to get on, mount

Conjugation

Conjugation of enfourcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	enfourcher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	enfourchant /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enfourché /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enfourche /ɑ̃.fuʁʃ/	enfourches /ɑ̃.fuʁʃ/	enfourche /ɑ̃.fuʁʃ/	enfourchons /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃɔ̃/	enfourchez /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃe/	enfourchent /ɑ̃.fuʁʃ/
	imperfect	enfourchais /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃɛ/	enfourchais /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃɛ/	enfourchait /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃɛ/	enfourchions /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃjɔ̃/	enfourchiez /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃje/	enfourchaient /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	enfourchai /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃe/	enfourchas /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃa/	enfourcha /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃa/	enfourchâmes /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃam/	enfourchâtes /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃat/	enfourchèrent /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃɛʁ/
	future	enfourcherai /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃə.ʁe/	enfourcheras /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃə.ʁa/	enfourchera /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃə.ʁa/	enfourcherons /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/	enfourcherez /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃə.ʁe/	enfourcheront /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enfourcherais /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/	enfourcherais /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/	enfourcherait /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/	enfourcherions /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	enfourcheriez /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃə.ʁje/	enfourcheraient /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃə.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	enfourche /ɑ̃.fuʁʃ/	enfourches /ɑ̃.fuʁʃ/	enfourche /ɑ̃.fuʁʃ/	enfourchions /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃjɔ̃/	enfourchiez /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃje/	enfourchent /ɑ̃.fuʁʃ/
	imperfect2	enfourchasse /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃas/	enfourchasses /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃas/	enfourchât /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃa/	enfourchassions /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	enfourchassiez /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃa.sje/	enfourchassent /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	enfourche /ɑ̃.fuʁʃ/	—	enfourchons /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃɔ̃/	enfourchez /ɑ̃.fuʁ.ʃe/	—
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

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