engraisser

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ingrassiare < *incrassiare < Latin crassus. Compare Italian ingrassare, Spanish engrasar, Romanian îngrășa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.se/ ~ /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.se/

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Verb

engraisser

1. (transitive) to fatten

Conjugation

Conjugation of engraisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	engraisser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	engraissant /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		engraissé /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	engraisse /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/	engraisses /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/	engraisse /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/	engraissons /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɔ̃/	engraissez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.se/	engraissent /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/
	imperfect	engraissais /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɛ/	engraissais /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɛ/	engraissait /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɛ/	engraissions /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/	engraissiez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sje/	engraissaient /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɛ/
	past historic2	engraissai /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.se/	engraissas /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sa/	engraissa /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sa/	engraissâmes /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sam/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sam/	engraissâtes /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sat/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sat/	engraissèrent /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɛʁ/
	future	engraisserai /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁe/	engraisseras /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁa/	engraissera /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁa/	engraisserons /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/	engraisserez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁe/	engraisseront /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	engraisserais /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/	engraisserais /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/	engraisserait /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/	engraisserions /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	engraisseriez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sə.ʁje/	engraisseraient /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.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	engraisse /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/	engraisses /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/	engraisse /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/	engraissions /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/	engraissiez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sje/	engraissent /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/
	imperfect2	engraissasse /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sas/	engraissasses /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sas/	engraissât /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sa/	engraissassions /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/	engraissassiez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sa.sje/	engraissassent /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	engraisse /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/	—	engraissons /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɔ̃/	engraissez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.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: 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).

Related terms

• graisse

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• resigneras, résigneras