embourgeoiser

French

Etymology

From bourgeois

Verb

embourgeoiser

1. to become bourgeois
2. to gentrify

Conjugation

Conjugation of embourgeoiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	embourgeoiser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	embourgeoisant /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		embourgeoisé /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	embourgeoise /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwaz/	embourgeoises /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwaz/	embourgeoise /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwaz/	embourgeoisons /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.zɔ̃/	embourgeoisez /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.ze/	embourgeoisent /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwaz/
	imperfect	embourgeoisais /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.zɛ/	embourgeoisais /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.zɛ/	embourgeoisait /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.zɛ/	embourgeoisions /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.zjɔ̃/	embourgeoisiez /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.zje/	embourgeoisaient /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.zɛ/
	past historic2	embourgeoisai /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.ze/	embourgeoisas /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.za/	embourgeoisa /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.za/	embourgeoisâmes /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.zam/	embourgeoisâtes /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.zat/	embourgeoisèrent /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.zɛʁ/
	future	embourgeoiserai /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwaz.ʁe/	embourgeoiseras /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwaz.ʁa/	embourgeoisera /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwaz.ʁa/	embourgeoiserons /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwaz.ʁɔ̃/	embourgeoiserez /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwaz.ʁe/	embourgeoiseront /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwaz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	embourgeoiserais /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwaz.ʁɛ/	embourgeoiserais /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwaz.ʁɛ/	embourgeoiserait /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwaz.ʁɛ/	embourgeoiserions /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	embourgeoiseriez /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.zə.ʁje/	embourgeoiseraient /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwaz.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	embourgeoise /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwaz/	embourgeoises /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwaz/	embourgeoise /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwaz/	embourgeoisions /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.zjɔ̃/	embourgeoisiez /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.zje/	embourgeoisent /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwaz/
	imperfect2	embourgeoisasse /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.zas/	embourgeoisasses /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.zas/	embourgeoisât /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.za/	embourgeoisassions /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.za.sjɔ̃/	embourgeoisassiez /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.za.sje/	embourgeoisassent /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	embourgeoise /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwaz/	—	embourgeoisons /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.zɔ̃/	embourgeoisez /ɑ̃.buʁ.ʒwa.ze/	—
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

• embourgeoisement