embéguiner

French

Etymology

From em- +‎ béguin (“bonnet”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.ne/

Verb

embéguiner

1. (figuratively) to have a crush on someone; to be infatuated

   Synonym: infatuer

   Il est embéguiné de cette femme.

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   Elle est embéguinée de cette nouvelle mode.

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2. (literally, rare) to wear a bonnet

Conjugation

Conjugation of embéguiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	embéguiner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	embéguinant /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		embéguiné /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	embéguine /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/	embéguines /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/	embéguine /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/	embéguinons /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɔ̃/	embéguinez /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.ne/	embéguinent /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/
	imperfect	embéguinais /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɛ/	embéguinais /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɛ/	embéguinait /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɛ/	embéguinions /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.njɔ̃/	embéguiniez /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nje/	embéguinaient /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɛ/
	past historic2	embéguinai /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.ne/	embéguinas /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.na/	embéguina /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.na/	embéguinâmes /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nam/	embéguinâtes /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nat/	embéguinèrent /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɛʁ/
	future	embéguinerai /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁe/	embéguineras /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁa/	embéguinera /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁa/	embéguinerons /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁɔ̃/	embéguinerez /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁe/	embéguineront /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	embéguinerais /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁɛ/	embéguinerais /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁɛ/	embéguinerait /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.ʁɛ/	embéguinerions /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	embéguineriez /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nə.ʁje/	embéguineraient /ɑ̃.be.ɡin.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	embéguine /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/	embéguines /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/	embéguine /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/	embéguinions /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.njɔ̃/	embéguiniez /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nje/	embéguinent /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/
	imperfect2	embéguinasse /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nas/	embéguinasses /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nas/	embéguinât /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.na/	embéguinassions /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.na.sjɔ̃/	embéguinassiez /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.na.sje/	embéguinassent /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	embéguine /ɑ̃.be.ɡin/	—	embéguinons /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.nɔ̃/	embéguinez /ɑ̃.be.ɡi.ne/	—
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

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