emperler

French

Etymology

em- (“en-”, transitive verb prefix) +‎ perle (“pearl”) +‎ -er (verbal suffix)

Pronunciation

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Verb

emperler

1. to impearl (decorate with pearls)

Conjugation

Conjugation of emperler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	emperler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	emperlant /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		emperlé /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	emperle /ɑ̃.pɛʁl/	emperles /ɑ̃.pɛʁl/	emperle /ɑ̃.pɛʁl/	emperlons /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lɔ̃/	emperlez /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.le/	emperlent /ɑ̃.pɛʁl/
	imperfect	emperlais /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lɛ/	emperlais /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lɛ/	emperlait /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lɛ/	emperlions /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.ljɔ̃/	emperliez /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lje/	emperlaient /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lɛ/
	past historic2	emperlai /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.le/	emperlas /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.la/	emperla /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.la/	emperlâmes /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lam/	emperlâtes /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lat/	emperlèrent /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lɛʁ/
	future	emperlerai /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.ʁe/	emperleras /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.ʁa/	emperlera /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.ʁa/	emperlerons /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.ʁɔ̃/	emperlerez /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.ʁe/	emperleront /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	emperlerais /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.ʁɛ/	emperlerais /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.ʁɛ/	emperlerait /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.ʁɛ/	emperlerions /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	emperleriez /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.ʁje/	emperleraient /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lə.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	emperle /ɑ̃.pɛʁl/	emperles /ɑ̃.pɛʁl/	emperle /ɑ̃.pɛʁl/	emperlions /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.ljɔ̃/	emperliez /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lje/	emperlent /ɑ̃.pɛʁl/
	imperfect2	emperlasse /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.las/	emperlasses /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.las/	emperlât /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.la/	emperlassions /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.la.sjɔ̃/	emperlassiez /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.la.sje/	emperlassent /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	emperle /ɑ̃.pɛʁl/	—	emperlons /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.lɔ̃/	emperlez /ɑ̃.pɛʁ.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

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