engeancer

French

Etymology

From engeance +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

engeancer

1. (dated) to embarrass

Usage notes

• Only used in cerytain stock phrases.

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

Conjugation of engeancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	engeancer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	engeançant /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		engeancé /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	engeance /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/	engeances /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/	engeance /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/	engeançons /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sɔ̃/	engeancez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.se/	engeancent /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/
	imperfect	engeançais /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sɛ/	engeançais /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sɛ/	engeançait /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sɛ/	engeancions /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	engeanciez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sje/	engeançaient /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	engeançai /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.se/	engeanças /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sa/	engeança /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sa/	engeançâmes /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sam/	engeançâtes /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sat/	engeancèrent /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	engeancerai /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sʁe/	engeanceras /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sʁa/	engeancera /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sʁa/	engeancerons /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/	engeancerez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sʁe/	engeanceront /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	engeancerais /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sʁɛ/	engeancerais /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sʁɛ/	engeancerait /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sʁɛ/	engeancerions /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	engeanceriez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sə.ʁje/	engeanceraient /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sʁɛ/
(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	engeance /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/	engeances /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/	engeance /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/	engeancions /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	engeanciez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sje/	engeancent /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/
	imperfect2	engeançasse /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sas/	engeançasses /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sas/	engeançât /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sa/	engeançassions /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	engeançassiez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sa.sje/	engeançassent /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	engeance /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃s/	—	engeançons /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.sɔ̃/	engeancez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.se/	—
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

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