engloutir

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French englotir, from Late Latin ingluttīre, from Latin gluttiō; alternatively, from Old French en- +‎ glotir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tiʁ/

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Verb

engloutir

1. (transitive) to gulp
2. (transitive) to swallow up

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of engloutir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	engloutir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	engloutissant /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		englouti /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	engloutis /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/	engloutis /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/	engloutit /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/	engloutissons /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sɔ̃/	engloutissez /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.se/	engloutissent /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/
	imperfect	engloutissais /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sɛ/	engloutissais /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sɛ/	engloutissait /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sɛ/	engloutissions /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sjɔ̃/	engloutissiez /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sje/	engloutissaient /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sɛ/
	past historic2	engloutis /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/	engloutis /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/	engloutit /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/	engloutîmes /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tim/	engloutîtes /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tit/	engloutirent /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tiʁ/
	future	engloutirai /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁe/	engloutiras /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁa/	engloutira /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁa/	engloutirons /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁɔ̃/	engloutirez /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁe/	engloutiront /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	engloutirais /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁɛ/	engloutirais /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁɛ/	engloutirait /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁɛ/	engloutirions /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁjɔ̃/	engloutiriez /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁje/	engloutiraient /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.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	engloutisse /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/	engloutisses /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/	engloutisse /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/	engloutissions /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sjɔ̃/	engloutissiez /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sje/	engloutissent /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/
	imperfect2	engloutisse /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/	engloutisses /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/	engloutît /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/	engloutissions /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sjɔ̃/	engloutissiez /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sje/	engloutissent /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	engloutis /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/	—	engloutissons /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sɔ̃/	engloutissez /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.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

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

Old French

Verb

engloutir

1. Alternative form of englotir

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group or second-group verb (ending in -ir, without or with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of engloutir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		engloutir			avoir englouti
gerund		en engloutant, engloutissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		engloutant, engloutissant
past participle		englouti
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	englout, engloutis	englouz, engloutis	englout, engloutist	engloutons, engloutissons	engloutez, engloutissez	engloutent, engloutissent
	imperfect	engloutoie, englouteie, engloutissoie, engloutisseie	engloutoies, englouteies, engloutissoies, engloutisseies	engloutoit, englouteit, engloutissoit, engloutisseit	engloutiiens, engloutiens, engloutissiiens, engloutissiens	engloutiiez, engloutiez, engloutissiiez, engloutissiez	engloutoient, englouteient, engloutissoient, engloutisseient
	preterite	englouti	engloutis	englouti	engloutimes	engloutistes	engloutirent
	future	engloutirai	engloutiras	engloutira	engloutirons	engloutiroiz, engloutireiz, engloutirez	engloutiront
	conditional	engloutiroie, engloutireie	engloutiroies, engloutireies	engloutiroit, engloutireit	engloutiriiens, engloutiriens	engloutiriiez, engloutiriez	engloutiroient, engloutireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	engloute, engloutisse	engloutes, engloutisses	engloute, engloutisse	engloutons, engloutissons	engloutez, engloutissez	engloutent, engloutissent
	imperfect	engloutisse	engloutisses	engloutist	engloutissons, engloutissiens	engloutissoiz, engloutissez, engloutissiez	engloutissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	englout, engloutis	—	engloutons, engloutissons	engloutez, engloutissez	—