emblaver

French

Etymology

First attested in Old French as a variant of emblaier, emblayer. More at blé.

Pronunciation

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Verb

emblaver

1. to sow wheat

Conjugation

Conjugation of emblaver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	emblaver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	emblavant /ɑ̃.bla.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		emblavé /ɑ̃.bla.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	emblave /ɑ̃.blav/	emblaves /ɑ̃.blav/	emblave /ɑ̃.blav/	emblavons /ɑ̃.bla.vɔ̃/	emblavez /ɑ̃.bla.ve/	emblavent /ɑ̃.blav/
	imperfect	emblavais /ɑ̃.bla.vɛ/	emblavais /ɑ̃.bla.vɛ/	emblavait /ɑ̃.bla.vɛ/	emblavions /ɑ̃.bla.vjɔ̃/	emblaviez /ɑ̃.bla.vje/	emblavaient /ɑ̃.bla.vɛ/
	past historic2	emblavai /ɑ̃.bla.ve/	emblavas /ɑ̃.bla.va/	emblava /ɑ̃.bla.va/	emblavâmes /ɑ̃.bla.vam/	emblavâtes /ɑ̃.bla.vat/	emblavèrent /ɑ̃.bla.vɛʁ/
	future	emblaverai /ɑ̃.bla.vʁe/	emblaveras /ɑ̃.bla.vʁa/	emblavera /ɑ̃.bla.vʁa/	emblaverons /ɑ̃.bla.vʁɔ̃/	emblaverez /ɑ̃.bla.vʁe/	emblaveront /ɑ̃.bla.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	emblaverais /ɑ̃.bla.vʁɛ/	emblaverais /ɑ̃.bla.vʁɛ/	emblaverait /ɑ̃.bla.vʁɛ/	emblaverions /ɑ̃.bla.və.ʁjɔ̃/	emblaveriez /ɑ̃.bla.və.ʁje/	emblaveraient /ɑ̃.bla.vʁɛ/
(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	emblave /ɑ̃.blav/	emblaves /ɑ̃.blav/	emblave /ɑ̃.blav/	emblavions /ɑ̃.bla.vjɔ̃/	emblaviez /ɑ̃.bla.vje/	emblavent /ɑ̃.blav/
	imperfect2	emblavasse /ɑ̃.bla.vas/	emblavasses /ɑ̃.bla.vas/	emblavât /ɑ̃.bla.va/	emblavassions /ɑ̃.bla.va.sjɔ̃/	emblavassiez /ɑ̃.bla.va.sje/	emblavassent /ɑ̃.bla.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	emblave /ɑ̃.blav/	—	emblavons /ɑ̃.bla.vɔ̃/	emblavez /ɑ̃.bla.ve/	—
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

• emblavage
• emblavement
• emblavure

Further reading

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