embrasser

French

Etymology

en- +‎ bras +‎ -er (compare Old French embrachier, embracier).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.bʁa.se/

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Verb

embrasser

1. (dated) to hug, embrace (affectionately wrap one's arms around another)
2. to kiss (to touch with the lips)

Conjugation

Conjugation of embrasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	embrasser
	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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: 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

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