envoiler

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ voiler.

Pronunciation

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Verb

envoiler

1. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to warp or become bent

Conjugation

Conjugation of envoiler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	envoiler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	envoilant /ɑ̃.vwa.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		envoilé /ɑ̃.vwa.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	envoile /ɑ̃.vwal/	envoiles /ɑ̃.vwal/	envoile /ɑ̃.vwal/	envoilons /ɑ̃.vwa.lɔ̃/	envoilez /ɑ̃.vwa.le/	envoilent /ɑ̃.vwal/
	imperfect	envoilais /ɑ̃.vwa.lɛ/	envoilais /ɑ̃.vwa.lɛ/	envoilait /ɑ̃.vwa.lɛ/	envoilions /ɑ̃.vwa.ljɔ̃/	envoiliez /ɑ̃.vwa.lje/	envoilaient /ɑ̃.vwa.lɛ/
	past historic2	envoilai /ɑ̃.vwa.le/	envoilas /ɑ̃.vwa.la/	envoila /ɑ̃.vwa.la/	envoilâmes /ɑ̃.vwa.lam/	envoilâtes /ɑ̃.vwa.lat/	envoilèrent /ɑ̃.vwa.lɛʁ/
	future	envoilerai /ɑ̃.vwal.ʁe/	envoileras /ɑ̃.vwal.ʁa/	envoilera /ɑ̃.vwal.ʁa/	envoilerons /ɑ̃.vwal.ʁɔ̃/	envoilerez /ɑ̃.vwal.ʁe/	envoileront /ɑ̃.vwal.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	envoilerais /ɑ̃.vwal.ʁɛ/	envoilerais /ɑ̃.vwal.ʁɛ/	envoilerait /ɑ̃.vwal.ʁɛ/	envoilerions /ɑ̃.vwa.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	envoileriez /ɑ̃.vwa.lə.ʁje/	envoileraient /ɑ̃.vwal.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	envoile /ɑ̃.vwal/	envoiles /ɑ̃.vwal/	envoile /ɑ̃.vwal/	envoilions /ɑ̃.vwa.ljɔ̃/	envoiliez /ɑ̃.vwa.lje/	envoilent /ɑ̃.vwal/
	imperfect2	envoilasse /ɑ̃.vwa.las/	envoilasses /ɑ̃.vwa.las/	envoilât /ɑ̃.vwa.la/	envoilassions /ɑ̃.vwa.la.sjɔ̃/	envoilassiez /ɑ̃.vwa.la.sje/	envoilassent /ɑ̃.vwa.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	envoile /ɑ̃.vwal/	—	envoilons /ɑ̃.vwa.lɔ̃/	envoilez /ɑ̃.vwa.le/	—
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

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