empâter

French

Etymology

From em- +‎ pâte (“paste”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.pa.te/, /ɑ̃.pɑ.te/

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Verb

empâter

1. (transitive) to coat, enrobe
2. (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to thicken
3. (transitive) to puff up
4. (figurative) to nourish

   Synonym: nourrir

5. (takes a reflexive pronoun, figurative) to fill out, to get fat

   Synonym: grossir

   Il s’était considérablement empâté depuis notre dernière rencontre.

   He had put on quite a lot of weight since I last saw him.

Conjugation

Conjugation of empâter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	empâter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	empâtant /ɑ̃.pa.tɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		empâté /ɑ̃.pa.te/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	empâte /ɑ̃.pat/ or /ɑ̃.pɑt/	empâtes /ɑ̃.pat/ or /ɑ̃.pɑt/	empâte /ɑ̃.pat/ or /ɑ̃.pɑt/	empâtons /ɑ̃.pa.tɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tɔ̃/	empâtez /ɑ̃.pa.te/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.te/	empâtent /ɑ̃.pat/ or /ɑ̃.pɑt/
	imperfect	empâtais /ɑ̃.pa.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tɛ/	empâtais /ɑ̃.pa.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tɛ/	empâtait /ɑ̃.pa.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tɛ/	empâtions /ɑ̃.pa.tjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tjɔ̃/	empâtiez /ɑ̃.pa.tje/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tje/	empâtaient /ɑ̃.pa.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tɛ/
	past historic2	empâtai /ɑ̃.pa.te/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.te/	empâtas /ɑ̃.pa.ta/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.ta/	empâta /ɑ̃.pa.ta/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.ta/	empâtâmes /ɑ̃.pa.tam/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tam/	empâtâtes /ɑ̃.pa.tat/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tat/	empâtèrent /ɑ̃.pa.tɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tɛʁ/
	future	empâterai /ɑ̃.pa.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁe/	empâteras /ɑ̃.pa.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁa/	empâtera /ɑ̃.pa.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁa/	empâterons /ɑ̃.pa.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁɔ̃/	empâterez /ɑ̃.pa.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁe/	empâteront /ɑ̃.pa.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	empâterais /ɑ̃.pa.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁɛ/	empâterais /ɑ̃.pa.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁɛ/	empâterait /ɑ̃.pa.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁɛ/	empâterions /ɑ̃.pa.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	empâteriez /ɑ̃.pa.tə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tə.ʁje/	empâteraient /ɑ̃.pa.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁɛ/
(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	empâte /ɑ̃.pat/ or /ɑ̃.pɑt/	empâtes /ɑ̃.pat/ or /ɑ̃.pɑt/	empâte /ɑ̃.pat/ or /ɑ̃.pɑt/	empâtions /ɑ̃.pa.tjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tjɔ̃/	empâtiez /ɑ̃.pa.tje/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tje/	empâtent /ɑ̃.pat/ or /ɑ̃.pɑt/
	imperfect2	empâtasse /ɑ̃.pa.tas/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tas/	empâtasses /ɑ̃.pa.tas/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tas/	empâtât /ɑ̃.pa.ta/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.ta/	empâtassions /ɑ̃.pa.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.ta.sjɔ̃/	empâtassiez /ɑ̃.pa.ta.sje/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.ta.sje/	empâtassent /ɑ̃.pa.tas/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	empâte /ɑ̃.pat/ or /ɑ̃.pɑt/	—	empâtons /ɑ̃.pa.tɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.tɔ̃/	empâtez /ɑ̃.pa.te/ or /ɑ̃.pɑ.te/	—
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

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