enrouer

French

Etymology

From en- + Old French ro, from Latin raucus, whence rauque was borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ʁwe/

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Verb

enrouer

1. (transitive, of a voice) to make hoarse

Conjugation

Conjugation of enrouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	enrouer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	enrouant /ɑ̃.ʁwɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enroué /ɑ̃.ʁwe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enroue /ɑ̃.ʁu/	enroues /ɑ̃.ʁu/	enroue /ɑ̃.ʁu/	enrouons /ɑ̃.ʁwɔ̃/	enrouez /ɑ̃.ʁwe/	enrouent /ɑ̃.ʁu/
	imperfect	enrouais /ɑ̃.ʁwɛ/	enrouais /ɑ̃.ʁwɛ/	enrouait /ɑ̃.ʁwɛ/	enrouions /ɑ̃.ʁu.jɔ̃/	enrouiez /ɑ̃.ʁu.je/	enrouaient /ɑ̃.ʁwɛ/
	past historic2	enrouai /ɑ̃.ʁwe/	enrouas /ɑ̃.ʁwa/	enroua /ɑ̃.ʁwa/	enrouâmes /ɑ̃.ʁwam/	enrouâtes /ɑ̃.ʁwat/	enrouèrent /ɑ̃.ʁwɛʁ/
	future	enrouerai /ɑ̃.ʁu.ʁe/	enroueras /ɑ̃.ʁu.ʁa/	enrouera /ɑ̃.ʁu.ʁa/	enrouerons /ɑ̃.ʁu.ʁɔ̃/	enrouerez /ɑ̃.ʁu.ʁe/	enroueront /ɑ̃.ʁu.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enrouerais /ɑ̃.ʁu.ʁɛ/	enrouerais /ɑ̃.ʁu.ʁɛ/	enrouerait /ɑ̃.ʁu.ʁɛ/	enrouerions /ɑ̃.ʁu.ʁjɔ̃/	enroueriez /ɑ̃.ʁu.ʁje/	enroueraient /ɑ̃.ʁu.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	enroue /ɑ̃.ʁu/	enroues /ɑ̃.ʁu/	enroue /ɑ̃.ʁu/	enrouions /ɑ̃.ʁu.jɔ̃/	enrouiez /ɑ̃.ʁu.je/	enrouent /ɑ̃.ʁu/
	imperfect2	enrouasse /ɑ̃.ʁwas/	enrouasses /ɑ̃.ʁwas/	enrouât /ɑ̃.ʁwa/	enrouassions /ɑ̃.ʁwa.sjɔ̃/	enrouassiez /ɑ̃.ʁwa.sje/	enrouassent /ɑ̃.ʁwas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	enroue /ɑ̃.ʁu/	—	enrouons /ɑ̃.ʁwɔ̃/	enrouez /ɑ̃.ʁwe/	—
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

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