endiguer

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ digue +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.di.ɡe/

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Verb

endiguer

1. to curb, contain

Conjugation

Conjugation of endiguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	endiguer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	endiguant /ɑ̃.di.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		endigué /ɑ̃.di.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	endigue /ɑ̃.diɡ/	endigues /ɑ̃.diɡ/	endigue /ɑ̃.diɡ/	endiguons /ɑ̃.di.ɡɔ̃/	endiguez /ɑ̃.di.ɡe/	endiguent /ɑ̃.diɡ/
	imperfect	endiguais /ɑ̃.di.ɡɛ/	endiguais /ɑ̃.di.ɡɛ/	endiguait /ɑ̃.di.ɡɛ/	endiguions /ɑ̃.di.ɡjɔ̃/	endiguiez /ɑ̃.di.ɡje/	endiguaient /ɑ̃.di.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	endiguai /ɑ̃.di.ɡe/	endiguas /ɑ̃.di.ɡa/	endigua /ɑ̃.di.ɡa/	endiguâmes /ɑ̃.di.ɡam/	endiguâtes /ɑ̃.di.ɡat/	endiguèrent /ɑ̃.di.ɡɛʁ/
	future	endiguerai /ɑ̃.di.ɡʁe/	endigueras /ɑ̃.di.ɡʁa/	endiguera /ɑ̃.di.ɡʁa/	endiguerons /ɑ̃.di.ɡʁɔ̃/	endiguerez /ɑ̃.di.ɡʁe/	endigueront /ɑ̃.di.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	endiguerais /ɑ̃.di.ɡʁɛ/	endiguerais /ɑ̃.di.ɡʁɛ/	endiguerait /ɑ̃.di.ɡʁɛ/	endiguerions /ɑ̃.di.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	endigueriez /ɑ̃.di.ɡə.ʁje/	endigueraient /ɑ̃.di.ɡʁɛ/
(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	endigue /ɑ̃.diɡ/	endigues /ɑ̃.diɡ/	endigue /ɑ̃.diɡ/	endiguions /ɑ̃.di.ɡjɔ̃/	endiguiez /ɑ̃.di.ɡje/	endiguent /ɑ̃.diɡ/
	imperfect2	endiguasse /ɑ̃.di.ɡas/	endiguasses /ɑ̃.di.ɡas/	endiguât /ɑ̃.di.ɡa/	endiguassions /ɑ̃.di.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	endiguassiez /ɑ̃.di.ɡa.sje/	endiguassent /ɑ̃.di.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	endigue /ɑ̃.diɡ/	—	endiguons /ɑ̃.di.ɡɔ̃/	endiguez /ɑ̃.di.ɡe/	—
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

• endiguable

Further reading

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