enherber

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ herber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.be/

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Verb

enherber

1. (rare) to cover with grass
2. (archaic) to poison

   Synonym: empoisonner

Conjugation

Conjugation of enherber (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	enherber
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	enherbant /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enherbé /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.be/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enherbe /ɑ̃.nɛʁb/	enherbes /ɑ̃.nɛʁb/	enherbe /ɑ̃.nɛʁb/	enherbons /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bɔ̃/	enherbez /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.be/	enherbent /ɑ̃.nɛʁb/
	imperfect	enherbais /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bɛ/	enherbais /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bɛ/	enherbait /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bɛ/	enherbions /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bjɔ̃/	enherbiez /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bje/	enherbaient /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bɛ/
	past historic2	enherbai /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.be/	enherbas /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.ba/	enherba /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.ba/	enherbâmes /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bam/	enherbâtes /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bat/	enherbèrent /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bɛʁ/
	future	enherberai /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.ʁe/	enherberas /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.ʁa/	enherbera /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.ʁa/	enherberons /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/	enherberez /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.ʁe/	enherberont /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enherberais /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.ʁɛ/	enherberais /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.ʁɛ/	enherberait /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.ʁɛ/	enherberions /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/	enherberiez /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.ʁje/	enherberaient /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.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	enherbe /ɑ̃.nɛʁb/	enherbes /ɑ̃.nɛʁb/	enherbe /ɑ̃.nɛʁb/	enherbions /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bjɔ̃/	enherbiez /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bje/	enherbent /ɑ̃.nɛʁb/
	imperfect2	enherbasse /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bas/	enherbasses /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bas/	enherbât /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.ba/	enherbassions /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.ba.sjɔ̃/	enherbassiez /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.ba.sje/	enherbassent /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	enherbe /ɑ̃.nɛʁb/	—	enherbons /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bɔ̃/	enherbez /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.be/	—
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

• enherbage
• enherbement

Further reading

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