embucher

See also: embûcher

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.by.ʃe/

Verb

embucher

1. Alternative form of embûcher

Usage notes

• This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.

Conjugation

Conjugation of embucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	embucher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	embuchant /ɑ̃.by.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		embuché /ɑ̃.by.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	embuche /ɑ̃.byʃ/	embuches /ɑ̃.byʃ/	embuche /ɑ̃.byʃ/	embuchons /ɑ̃.by.ʃɔ̃/	embuchez /ɑ̃.by.ʃe/	embuchent /ɑ̃.byʃ/
	imperfect	embuchais /ɑ̃.by.ʃɛ/	embuchais /ɑ̃.by.ʃɛ/	embuchait /ɑ̃.by.ʃɛ/	embuchions /ɑ̃.by.ʃjɔ̃/	embuchiez /ɑ̃.by.ʃje/	embuchaient /ɑ̃.by.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	embuchai /ɑ̃.by.ʃe/	embuchas /ɑ̃.by.ʃa/	embucha /ɑ̃.by.ʃa/	embuchâmes /ɑ̃.by.ʃam/	embuchâtes /ɑ̃.by.ʃat/	embuchèrent /ɑ̃.by.ʃɛʁ/
	future	embucherai /ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁe/	embucheras /ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁa/	embuchera /ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁa/	embucherons /ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁɔ̃/	embucherez /ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁe/	embucheront /ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	embucherais /ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁɛ/	embucherais /ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁɛ/	embucherait /ɑ̃.byʃ.ʁɛ/	embucherions /ɑ̃.by.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	embucheriez /ɑ̃.by.ʃə.ʁje/	embucheraient /ɑ̃.byʃ.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	embuche /ɑ̃.byʃ/	embuches /ɑ̃.byʃ/	embuche /ɑ̃.byʃ/	embuchions /ɑ̃.by.ʃjɔ̃/	embuchiez /ɑ̃.by.ʃje/	embuchent /ɑ̃.byʃ/
	imperfect2	embuchasse /ɑ̃.by.ʃas/	embuchasses /ɑ̃.by.ʃas/	embuchât /ɑ̃.by.ʃa/	embuchassions /ɑ̃.by.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	embuchassiez /ɑ̃.by.ʃa.sje/	embuchassent /ɑ̃.by.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	embuche /ɑ̃.byʃ/	—	embuchons /ɑ̃.by.ʃɔ̃/	embuchez /ɑ̃.by.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

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