énerver

See also: enerver

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēnervō, ēnervāre. Synchronically analysable as é- +‎ nerf +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.nɛʁ.ve/

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Verb

énerver

1. (transitive) to vex, to get on one's nerves
2. to unnerve, to make nervous
3. (Quebec) to be excited

Conjugation

Conjugation of énerver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	énerver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	énervant /e.nɛʁ.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		énervé /e.nɛʁ.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	énerve /e.nɛʁv/	énerves /e.nɛʁv/	énerve /e.nɛʁv/	énervons /e.nɛʁ.vɔ̃/	énervez /e.nɛʁ.ve/	énervent /e.nɛʁv/
	imperfect	énervais /e.nɛʁ.vɛ/	énervais /e.nɛʁ.vɛ/	énervait /e.nɛʁ.vɛ/	énervions /e.nɛʁ.vjɔ̃/	énerviez /e.nɛʁ.vje/	énervaient /e.nɛʁ.vɛ/
	past historic2	énervai /e.nɛʁ.ve/	énervas /e.nɛʁ.va/	énerva /e.nɛʁ.va/	énervâmes /e.nɛʁ.vam/	énervâtes /e.nɛʁ.vat/	énervèrent /e.nɛʁ.vɛʁ/
	future	énerverai /e.nɛʁ.və.ʁe/	énerveras /e.nɛʁ.və.ʁa/	énervera /e.nɛʁ.və.ʁa/	énerverons /e.nɛʁ.və.ʁɔ̃/	énerverez /e.nɛʁ.və.ʁe/	énerveront /e.nɛʁ.və.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	énerverais /e.nɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/	énerverais /e.nɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/	énerverait /e.nɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/	énerverions /e.nɛʁ.və.ʁjɔ̃/	énerveriez /e.nɛʁ.və.ʁje/	énerveraient /e.nɛʁ.və.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	énerve /e.nɛʁv/	énerves /e.nɛʁv/	énerve /e.nɛʁv/	énervions /e.nɛʁ.vjɔ̃/	énerviez /e.nɛʁ.vje/	énervent /e.nɛʁv/
	imperfect2	énervasse /e.nɛʁ.vas/	énervasses /e.nɛʁ.vas/	énervât /e.nɛʁ.va/	énervassions /e.nɛʁ.va.sjɔ̃/	énervassiez /e.nɛʁ.va.sje/	énervassent /e.nɛʁ.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	énerve /e.nɛʁv/	—	énervons /e.nɛʁ.vɔ̃/	énervez /e.nɛʁ.ve/	—
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

• énervant

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• vénérer