enthousiasmer

French

Etymology

From enthousiasme (“enthusiasm”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.me/

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Verb

enthousiasmer

1. to enthuse
2. (reflexive) to be enthusiastic about

Conjugation

Conjugation of enthousiasmer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	enthousiasmer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	enthousiasmant /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enthousiasmé /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enthousiasme /ɑ̃.tu.zjasm/	enthousiasmes /ɑ̃.tu.zjasm/	enthousiasme /ɑ̃.tu.zjasm/	enthousiasmons /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mɔ̃/	enthousiasmez /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.me/	enthousiasment /ɑ̃.tu.zjasm/
	imperfect	enthousiasmais /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mɛ/	enthousiasmais /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mɛ/	enthousiasmait /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mɛ/	enthousiasmions /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mjɔ̃/	enthousiasmiez /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mje/	enthousiasmaient /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mɛ/
	past historic2	enthousiasmai /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.me/	enthousiasmas /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.ma/	enthousiasma /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.ma/	enthousiasmâmes /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mam/	enthousiasmâtes /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mat/	enthousiasmèrent /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mɛʁ/
	future	enthousiasmerai /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mə.ʁe/	enthousiasmeras /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mə.ʁa/	enthousiasmera /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mə.ʁa/	enthousiasmerons /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mə.ʁɔ̃/	enthousiasmerez /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mə.ʁe/	enthousiasmeront /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enthousiasmerais /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mə.ʁɛ/	enthousiasmerais /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mə.ʁɛ/	enthousiasmerait /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mə.ʁɛ/	enthousiasmerions /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	enthousiasmeriez /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mə.ʁje/	enthousiasmeraient /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mə.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	enthousiasme /ɑ̃.tu.zjasm/	enthousiasmes /ɑ̃.tu.zjasm/	enthousiasme /ɑ̃.tu.zjasm/	enthousiasmions /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mjɔ̃/	enthousiasmiez /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mje/	enthousiasment /ɑ̃.tu.zjasm/
	imperfect2	enthousiasmasse /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mas/	enthousiasmasses /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mas/	enthousiasmât /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.ma/	enthousiasmassions /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.ma.sjɔ̃/	enthousiasmassiez /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.ma.sje/	enthousiasmassent /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	enthousiasme /ɑ̃.tu.zjasm/	—	enthousiasmons /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.mɔ̃/	enthousiasmez /ɑ̃.tu.zjas.me/	—
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

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