embrigader

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ brigade +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.de/

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Verb

embrigader

1. (transitive, derogatory) to recruit; to rope in

   Synonym: enrégimenter

Conjugation

Conjugation of embrigader (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	embrigader
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	embrigadant /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		embrigadé /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	embrigade /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡad/	embrigades /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡad/	embrigade /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡad/	embrigadons /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.dɔ̃/	embrigadez /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.de/	embrigadent /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡad/
	imperfect	embrigadais /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.dɛ/	embrigadais /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.dɛ/	embrigadait /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.dɛ/	embrigadions /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.djɔ̃/	embrigadiez /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.dje/	embrigadaient /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.dɛ/
	past historic2	embrigadai /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.de/	embrigadas /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.da/	embrigada /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.da/	embrigadâmes /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.dam/	embrigadâtes /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.dat/	embrigadèrent /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.dɛʁ/
	future	embrigaderai /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.dʁe/	embrigaderas /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.dʁa/	embrigadera /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.dʁa/	embrigaderons /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.dʁɔ̃/	embrigaderez /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.dʁe/	embrigaderont /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	embrigaderais /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.dʁɛ/	embrigaderais /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.dʁɛ/	embrigaderait /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.dʁɛ/	embrigaderions /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.də.ʁjɔ̃/	embrigaderiez /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.də.ʁje/	embrigaderaient /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.dʁɛ/
(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	embrigade /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡad/	embrigades /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡad/	embrigade /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡad/	embrigadions /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.djɔ̃/	embrigadiez /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.dje/	embrigadent /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡad/
	imperfect2	embrigadasse /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.das/	embrigadasses /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.das/	embrigadât /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.da/	embrigadassions /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.da.sjɔ̃/	embrigadassiez /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.da.sje/	embrigadassent /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	embrigade /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡad/	—	embrigadons /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.dɔ̃/	embrigadez /ɑ̃.bʁi.ɡa.de/	—
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

• embrigadement

Further reading

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