embracer
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English [edit]
Noun [edit]
embracer (plural embracers)
Old French [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Verb [edit]
embracer
- to kiss
Synonyms [edit]
Conjugation [edit]
- This verb is part of an group of -er verbs, for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of embracer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | embracer | avoir embracé, embracez | |||||
| gerund | en embraçant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | embraçant | ||||||
| past participle | embracé, embracez | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jeo, jou | tu | il | nos, nous | vos, vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | embrace | embraces | embrace | embraçons | embracez, embracés | embracent |
| imperfect | embraçoe, embraceie, embraçoie | embraçoes, embraceies, embraçoies | embraçot, embraceit, embraçoit | embracions, embraciions | embraciez, embraciiez | embraçoent, embraient, embraçoient | |
| past historic | embraça | embraças | embraça | embraçames | embraçastes | embracerent | |
| future | embracerai | embraceras | embracera | embracerons | embracerez, embracereiz | embraceront | |
| conditional | embraceroe, embracereie, embraceroie | embraceroes, embracereied, embraceroied | embracerot, embracereie, embraceroie | embracerions, embraceriions | embraceriez, embraceriiez | embraceroent, embracereient, embraceroient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jeo, jou | que tu | qu’il | que nos, nous | que vos, vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | embrace | embraces | embrace | embraçons | embracez | embracent |
| imperfect | embraçasse | embraçasses | embraçast | embracissons | embracissez, embracissiez | embraçassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos, nous | vos, vous | – | |
| — | embrace | — | embraçons | embracez | — | ||
Descendants [edit]
- English: to embrace
- French: embrasser