enjamber

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ jambe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be/

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Verb

enjamber

1. to straddle
2. to step over, to stride
3. (poetry) to make an enjambment

Conjugation

Conjugation of enjamber (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	enjamber
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	enjambant /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enjambé /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enjambe /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/	enjambes /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/	enjambe /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/	enjambons /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɔ̃/	enjambez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be/	enjambent /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/
	imperfect	enjambais /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛ/	enjambais /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛ/	enjambait /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛ/	enjambions /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bjɔ̃/	enjambiez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bje/	enjambaient /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛ/
	past historic2	enjambai /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be/	enjambas /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba/	enjamba /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba/	enjambâmes /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bam/	enjambâtes /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bat/	enjambèrent /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛʁ/
	future	enjamberai /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁe/	enjamberas /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁa/	enjambera /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁa/	enjamberons /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/	enjamberez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁe/	enjamberont /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enjamberais /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɛ/	enjamberais /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɛ/	enjamberait /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɛ/	enjamberions /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/	enjamberiez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bə.ʁje/	enjamberaient /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɛ/
(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	enjambe /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/	enjambes /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/	enjambe /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/	enjambions /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bjɔ̃/	enjambiez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bje/	enjambent /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/
	imperfect2	enjambasse /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bas/	enjambasses /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bas/	enjambât /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba/	enjambassions /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/	enjambassiez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba.sje/	enjambassent /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	enjambe /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/	—	enjambons /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɔ̃/	enjambez /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be/	—
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

• enjambement

Further reading

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