embêter

See also: embeter

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ bête +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.bɛ.te/, /ɑ̃.be.te/

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Verb

embêter

1. (transitive) to bug, bother, annoy
2. (transitive) to pick on someone

Conjugation

Conjugation of embêter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	embêter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	embêtant /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		embêté /ɑ̃.bɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.be.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	embête /ɑ̃.bɛt/	embêtes /ɑ̃.bɛt/	embête /ɑ̃.bɛt/	embêtons /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɔ̃/	embêtez /ɑ̃.bɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.be.te/	embêtent /ɑ̃.bɛt/
	imperfect	embêtais /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɛ/	embêtais /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɛ/	embêtait /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɛ/	embêtions /ɑ̃.bɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tjɔ̃/	embêtiez /ɑ̃.bɛ.tje/ or /ɑ̃.be.tje/	embêtaient /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɛ/
	past historic2	embêtai /ɑ̃.bɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.be.te/	embêtas /ɑ̃.bɛ.ta/ or /ɑ̃.be.ta/	embêta /ɑ̃.bɛ.ta/ or /ɑ̃.be.ta/	embêtâmes /ɑ̃.bɛ.tam/ or /ɑ̃.be.tam/	embêtâtes /ɑ̃.bɛ.tat/ or /ɑ̃.be.tat/	embêtèrent /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɛʁ/
	future	embêterai /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁe/	embêteras /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁa/	embêtera /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁa/	embêterons /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁɔ̃/	embêterez /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁe/	embêteront /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	embêterais /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁɛ/	embêterais /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁɛ/	embêterait /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.tʁɛ/	embêterions /ɑ̃.bɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	embêteriez /ɑ̃.bɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.be.tə.ʁje/	embêteraient /ɑ̃.bɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.be.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	embête /ɑ̃.bɛt/	embêtes /ɑ̃.bɛt/	embête /ɑ̃.bɛt/	embêtions /ɑ̃.bɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tjɔ̃/	embêtiez /ɑ̃.bɛ.tje/ or /ɑ̃.be.tje/	embêtent /ɑ̃.bɛt/
	imperfect2	embêtasse /ɑ̃.bɛ.tas/ or /ɑ̃.be.tas/	embêtasses /ɑ̃.bɛ.tas/ or /ɑ̃.be.tas/	embêtât /ɑ̃.bɛ.ta/ or /ɑ̃.be.ta/	embêtassions /ɑ̃.bɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.ta.sjɔ̃/	embêtassiez /ɑ̃.bɛ.ta.sje/ or /ɑ̃.be.ta.sje/	embêtassent /ɑ̃.bɛ.tas/ or /ɑ̃.be.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	embête /ɑ̃.bɛt/	—	embêtons /ɑ̃.bɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.be.tɔ̃/	embêtez /ɑ̃.bɛ.te/ or /ɑ̃.be.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

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