empierrer

French

Etymology

From em- +‎ pierre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁe/, /ɑ̃.pje.ʁe/

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Verb

empierrer

1. (transitive) to metal (a road)

Conjugation

Conjugation of empierrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	empierrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	empierrant /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		empierré /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	empierre /ɑ̃.pjɛʁ/	empierres /ɑ̃.pjɛʁ/	empierre /ɑ̃.pjɛʁ/	empierrons /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁɔ̃/	empierrez /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁe/	empierrent /ɑ̃.pjɛʁ/
	imperfect	empierrais /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁɛ/	empierrais /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁɛ/	empierrait /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁɛ/	empierrions /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁjɔ̃/	empierriez /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁje/	empierraient /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	empierrai /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁe/	empierras /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁa/	empierra /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁa/	empierrâmes /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁam/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁam/	empierrâtes /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁat/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁat/	empierrèrent /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁɛʁ/
	future	empierrerai /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁə.ʁe/	empierreras /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁə.ʁa/	empierrera /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁə.ʁa/	empierrerons /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	empierrerez /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁə.ʁe/	empierreront /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	empierrerais /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁə.ʁɛ/	empierrerais /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁə.ʁɛ/	empierrerait /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁə.ʁɛ/	empierrerions /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	empierreriez /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁə.ʁje/	empierreraient /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁə.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	empierre /ɑ̃.pjɛʁ/	empierres /ɑ̃.pjɛʁ/	empierre /ɑ̃.pjɛʁ/	empierrions /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁjɔ̃/	empierriez /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁje/	empierrent /ɑ̃.pjɛʁ/
	imperfect2	empierrasse /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁas/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁas/	empierrasses /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁas/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁas/	empierrât /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁa/	empierrassions /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	empierrassiez /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁa.sje/	empierrassent /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁas/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	empierre /ɑ̃.pjɛʁ/	—	empierrons /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁɔ̃/	empierrez /ɑ̃.pjɛ.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.pje.ʁe/	—
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

• empierrage
• empierrement

Further reading

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