embusquer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.bys.ke/

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Verb

embusquer

1. to ambush

Conjugation

Conjugation of embusquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	embusquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	embusquant /ɑ̃.bys.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		embusqué /ɑ̃.bys.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	embusque /ɑ̃.bysk/	embusques /ɑ̃.bysk/	embusque /ɑ̃.bysk/	embusquons /ɑ̃.bys.kɔ̃/	embusquez /ɑ̃.bys.ke/	embusquent /ɑ̃.bysk/
	imperfect	embusquais /ɑ̃.bys.kɛ/	embusquais /ɑ̃.bys.kɛ/	embusquait /ɑ̃.bys.kɛ/	embusquions /ɑ̃.bys.kjɔ̃/	embusquiez /ɑ̃.bys.kje/	embusquaient /ɑ̃.bys.kɛ/
	past historic2	embusquai /ɑ̃.bys.ke/	embusquas /ɑ̃.bys.ka/	embusqua /ɑ̃.bys.ka/	embusquâmes /ɑ̃.bys.kam/	embusquâtes /ɑ̃.bys.kat/	embusquèrent /ɑ̃.bys.kɛʁ/
	future	embusquerai /ɑ̃.bys.kə.ʁe/	embusqueras /ɑ̃.bys.kə.ʁa/	embusquera /ɑ̃.bys.kə.ʁa/	embusquerons /ɑ̃.bys.kə.ʁɔ̃/	embusquerez /ɑ̃.bys.kə.ʁe/	embusqueront /ɑ̃.bys.kə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	embusquerais /ɑ̃.bys.kə.ʁɛ/	embusquerais /ɑ̃.bys.kə.ʁɛ/	embusquerait /ɑ̃.bys.kə.ʁɛ/	embusquerions /ɑ̃.bys.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	embusqueriez /ɑ̃.bys.kə.ʁje/	embusqueraient /ɑ̃.bys.kə.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	embusque /ɑ̃.bysk/	embusques /ɑ̃.bysk/	embusque /ɑ̃.bysk/	embusquions /ɑ̃.bys.kjɔ̃/	embusquiez /ɑ̃.bys.kje/	embusquent /ɑ̃.bysk/
	imperfect2	embusquasse /ɑ̃.bys.kas/	embusquasses /ɑ̃.bys.kas/	embusquât /ɑ̃.bys.ka/	embusquassions /ɑ̃.bys.ka.sjɔ̃/	embusquassiez /ɑ̃.bys.ka.sje/	embusquassent /ɑ̃.bys.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	embusque /ɑ̃.bysk/	—	embusquons /ɑ̃.bys.kɔ̃/	embusquez /ɑ̃.bys.ke/	—
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).

Related terms

• embuscade

Further reading

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