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Revision as of 21:25, 10 June 2021
French
Etymology
en- + bras + -er (compare Old French embrachier, embracier).
Pronunciation
Verb
embrasser
- (dated) to hug, embrace (affectionately wrap one's arms around another)
- to kiss (to touch with the lips)
- Il ne semble pas qu’elle me pardonne bientôt, encore que je n’aie rien fait d’autre qu’embrasser son petit ami stupide.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation
Conjugation of embrasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | embrasser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | embrassant /ɑ̃.bʁa.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | embrassé /ɑ̃.bʁa.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | embrasse /ɑ̃.bʁas/ |
embrasses /ɑ̃.bʁas/ |
embrasse /ɑ̃.bʁas/ |
embrassons /ɑ̃.bʁa.sɔ̃/ |
embrassez /ɑ̃.bʁa.se/ |
embrassent /ɑ̃.bʁas/ |
imperfect | embrassais /ɑ̃.bʁa.sɛ/ |
embrassais /ɑ̃.bʁa.sɛ/ |
embrassait /ɑ̃.bʁa.sɛ/ |
embrassions /ɑ̃.bʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
embrassiez /ɑ̃.bʁa.sje/ |
embrassaient /ɑ̃.bʁa.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | embrassai /ɑ̃.bʁa.se/ |
embrassas /ɑ̃.bʁa.sa/ |
embrassa /ɑ̃.bʁa.sa/ |
embrassâmes /ɑ̃.bʁa.sam/ |
embrassâtes /ɑ̃.bʁa.sat/ |
embrassèrent /ɑ̃.bʁa.sɛʁ/ | |
future | embrasserai /ɑ̃.bʁa.sʁe/ |
embrasseras /ɑ̃.bʁa.sʁa/ |
embrassera /ɑ̃.bʁa.sʁa/ |
embrasserons /ɑ̃.bʁa.sʁɔ̃/ |
embrasserez /ɑ̃.bʁa.sʁe/ |
embrasseront /ɑ̃.bʁa.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | embrasserais /ɑ̃.bʁa.sʁɛ/ |
embrasserais /ɑ̃.bʁa.sʁɛ/ |
embrasserait /ɑ̃.bʁa.sʁɛ/ |
embrasserions /ɑ̃.bʁa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
embrasseriez /ɑ̃.bʁa.sə.ʁje/ |
embrasseraient /ɑ̃.bʁa.sʁɛ/ | |
(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 | embrasse /ɑ̃.bʁas/ |
embrasses /ɑ̃.bʁas/ |
embrasse /ɑ̃.bʁas/ |
embrassions /ɑ̃.bʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
embrassiez /ɑ̃.bʁa.sje/ |
embrassent /ɑ̃.bʁas/ |
imperfect2 | embrassasse /ɑ̃.bʁa.sas/ |
embrassasses /ɑ̃.bʁa.sas/ |
embrassât /ɑ̃.bʁa.sa/ |
embrassassions /ɑ̃.bʁa.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
embrassassiez /ɑ̃.bʁa.sa.sje/ |
embrassassent /ɑ̃.bʁa.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | embrasse /ɑ̃.bʁas/ |
— | embrassons /ɑ̃.bʁa.sɔ̃/ |
embrassez /ɑ̃.bʁa.se/ |
— | |
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
- “embrasser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.