embrocher

French

Etymology

en- +‎ broche (“spit, skewer”) +‎ -er

Verb

embrocher

1. to put on a spit
2. to skewer

Conjugation

Conjugation of embrocher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	embrocher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	embrochant /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		embroché /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	embroche /ɑ̃.bʁɔʃ/	embroches /ɑ̃.bʁɔʃ/	embroche /ɑ̃.bʁɔʃ/	embrochons /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃɔ̃/	embrochez /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃe/	embrochent /ɑ̃.bʁɔʃ/
	imperfect	embrochais /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃɛ/	embrochais /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃɛ/	embrochait /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃɛ/	embrochions /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃjɔ̃/	embrochiez /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃje/	embrochaient /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	embrochai /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃe/	embrochas /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃa/	embrocha /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃa/	embrochâmes /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃam/	embrochâtes /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃat/	embrochèrent /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃɛʁ/
	future	embrocherai /ɑ̃.bʁɔʃ.ʁe/	embrocheras /ɑ̃.bʁɔʃ.ʁa/	embrochera /ɑ̃.bʁɔʃ.ʁa/	embrocherons /ɑ̃.bʁɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/	embrocherez /ɑ̃.bʁɔʃ.ʁe/	embrocheront /ɑ̃.bʁɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	embrocherais /ɑ̃.bʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/	embrocherais /ɑ̃.bʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/	embrocherait /ɑ̃.bʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/	embrocherions /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	embrocheriez /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃə.ʁje/	embrocheraient /ɑ̃.bʁɔʃ.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	embroche /ɑ̃.bʁɔʃ/	embroches /ɑ̃.bʁɔʃ/	embroche /ɑ̃.bʁɔʃ/	embrochions /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃjɔ̃/	embrochiez /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃje/	embrochent /ɑ̃.bʁɔʃ/
	imperfect2	embrochasse /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃas/	embrochasses /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃas/	embrochât /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃa/	embrochassions /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	embrochassiez /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃa.sje/	embrochassent /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	embroche /ɑ̃.bʁɔʃ/	—	embrochons /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃɔ̃/	embrochez /ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ʃe/	—
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

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