empêcher
French
Etymology
From Old French empeechier, inherited from Latin impedicāre, present active infinitive of impedicō. Cognate with English impeach. Doublet of empiéger.
Pronunciation
Verb
empêcher
Conjugation
Conjugation of empêcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | empêcher | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | empêchant /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | empêché /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃe/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | empêche /ɑ̃.pɛʃ/ |
empêches /ɑ̃.pɛʃ/ |
empêche /ɑ̃.pɛʃ/ |
empêchons /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃɔ̃/ |
empêchez /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃe/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃe/ |
empêchent /ɑ̃.pɛʃ/ |
imperfect | empêchais /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃɛ/ |
empêchais /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃɛ/ |
empêchait /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃɛ/ |
empêchions /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃjɔ̃/ |
empêchiez /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃje/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃje/ |
empêchaient /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃɛ/ | |
past historic2 | empêchai /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃe/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃe/ |
empêchas /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃa/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃa/ |
empêcha /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃa/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃa/ |
empêchâmes /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃam/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃam/ |
empêchâtes /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃat/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃat/ |
empêchèrent /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃɛʁ/ | |
future | empêcherai /ɑ̃.pɛʃ.ʁe/ |
empêcheras /ɑ̃.pɛʃ.ʁa/ |
empêchera /ɑ̃.pɛʃ.ʁa/ |
empêcherons /ɑ̃.pɛʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
empêcherez /ɑ̃.pɛʃ.ʁe/ |
empêcheront /ɑ̃.pɛʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | empêcherais /ɑ̃.pɛʃ.ʁɛ/ |
empêcherais /ɑ̃.pɛʃ.ʁɛ/ |
empêcherait /ɑ̃.pɛʃ.ʁɛ/ |
empêcherions /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
empêcheriez /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃə.ʁje/ |
empêcheraient /ɑ̃.pɛʃ.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 | empêche /ɑ̃.pɛʃ/ |
empêches /ɑ̃.pɛʃ/ |
empêche /ɑ̃.pɛʃ/ |
empêchions /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃjɔ̃/ |
empêchiez /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃje/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃje/ |
empêchent /ɑ̃.pɛʃ/ |
imperfect2 | empêchasse /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃas/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃas/ |
empêchasses /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃas/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃas/ |
empêchât /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃa/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃa/ |
empêchassions /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
empêchassiez /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃa.sje/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃa.sje/ |
empêchassent /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃas/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | empêche /ɑ̃.pɛʃ/ |
— | empêchons /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ʃɔ̃/ |
empêchez /ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃe/ or /ɑ̃.pe.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:empêcher.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “empêcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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