enchevêtrer
French
Etymology
From Middle French, Old French enchevestrer; equivalent to en- + chevêtre + -er, or, according to the TLFi, from a Vulgar Latin *incapistrāre or *encapistrāre, from Latin capistrāre, present active infinitive of capistrō. Compare Catalan, Occitan, and Spanish encabestrar; Portuguese encabrestar; Italian incapestrare; Romanian încăpăstra; and Sardinian incrabistare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ʃə.vɛ.tʁe/, /ɑ̃.ʃə.ve.tʁe/
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Verb
enchevêtrer
Conjugation
Conjugation of enchevêtrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | enchevêtrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | enchevêtrant /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | enchevêtré /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | enchevêtre /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/ |
enchevêtres /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/ |
enchevêtre /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/ |
enchevêtrons /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁɔ̃/ |
enchevêtrez /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁe/ |
enchevêtrent /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/ |
| imperfect | enchevêtrais /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁɛ/ |
enchevêtrais /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁɛ/ |
enchevêtrait /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁɛ/ |
enchevêtrions /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
enchevêtriez /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁi.je/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁi.je/ |
enchevêtraient /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | enchevêtrai /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁe/ |
enchevêtras /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁa/ |
enchevêtra /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁa/ |
enchevêtrâmes /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁam/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁam/ |
enchevêtrâtes /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁat/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁat/ |
enchevêtrèrent /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | enchevêtrerai /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁə.ʁe/ |
enchevêtreras /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁə.ʁa/ |
enchevêtrera /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁə.ʁa/ |
enchevêtrerons /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
enchevêtrerez /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁə.ʁe/ |
enchevêtreront /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | enchevêtrerais /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
enchevêtrerais /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
enchevêtrerait /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
enchevêtrerions /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enchevêtreriez /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁə.ʁje/ |
enchevêtreraient /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁə.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 | enchevêtre /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/ |
enchevêtres /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/ |
enchevêtre /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/ |
enchevêtrions /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
enchevêtriez /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁi.je/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁi.je/ |
enchevêtrent /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | enchevêtrasse /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁas/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁas/ |
enchevêtrasses /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁas/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁas/ |
enchevêtrât /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁa/ |
enchevêtrassions /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
enchevêtrassiez /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁa.sje/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁa.sje/ |
enchevêtrassent /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁas/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | enchevêtre /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/ |
— | enchevêtrons /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁɔ̃/ |
enchevêtrez /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁe/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “enchevêtrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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