engranger

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ grange +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒe/

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Verb

engranger

1. to store
2. to rake in
3. to collect, gather in
4. to gain (experience, points)
5. to generate (economics; profits)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written engrange- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of engranger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	engranger
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	engrangeant /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		engrangé /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	engrange /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ/	engranges /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ/	engrange /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ/	engrangeons /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/	engrangez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒe/	engrangent /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ/
	imperfect	engrangeais /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/	engrangeais /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/	engrangeait /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/	engrangions /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/	engrangiez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒje/	engrangeaient /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	engrangeai /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒe/	engrangeas /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒa/	engrangea /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒa/	engrangeâmes /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒam/	engrangeâtes /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒat/	engrangèrent /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/
	future	engrangerai /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/	engrangeras /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/	engrangera /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/	engrangerons /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/	engrangerez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/	engrangeront /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	engrangerais /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/	engrangerais /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/	engrangerait /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/	engrangerions /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	engrangeriez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/	engrangeraient /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ.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	engrange /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ/	engranges /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ/	engrange /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ/	engrangions /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/	engrangiez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒje/	engrangent /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ/
	imperfect2	engrangeasse /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒas/	engrangeasses /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒas/	engrangeât /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒa/	engrangeassions /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	engrangeassiez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒa.sje/	engrangeassent /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	engrange /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃ʒ/	—	engrangeons /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/	engrangez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɑ̃.ʒe/	—
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

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