engouer

French

Etymology

Middle French angouer, related to joue (“cheek”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ɡwe/

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Verb

engouer

1. (intransitive, reflexive, figurative) to become passionate or infatuated [with de ‘with someone/something’]
   • 1918, Marcel Proust, À l’ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs [In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower] (À la recherche du temps perdu)‎^[1], part 1:

     Sauf chez les Verdurin qui s’étaient engoués de lui, l’air hésitant de Cottard, sa timidité, son amabilité excessives, lui avaient, dans sa jeunesse, valu de perpétuels brocards.

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2. (obsolete) to block the gullet when swallowing; to choke

Conjugation

Conjugation of engouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	engouer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	engouant /ɑ̃.ɡwɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		engoué /ɑ̃.ɡwe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	engoue /ɑ̃.ɡu/	engoues /ɑ̃.ɡu/	engoue /ɑ̃.ɡu/	engouons /ɑ̃.ɡwɔ̃/	engouez /ɑ̃.ɡwe/	engouent /ɑ̃.ɡu/
	imperfect	engouais /ɑ̃.ɡwɛ/	engouais /ɑ̃.ɡwɛ/	engouait /ɑ̃.ɡwɛ/	engouions /ɑ̃.ɡu.jɔ̃/	engouiez /ɑ̃.ɡu.je/	engouaient /ɑ̃.ɡwɛ/
	past historic2	engouai /ɑ̃.ɡwe/	engouas /ɑ̃.ɡwa/	engoua /ɑ̃.ɡwa/	engouâmes /ɑ̃.ɡwam/	engouâtes /ɑ̃.ɡwat/	engouèrent /ɑ̃.ɡwɛʁ/
	future	engouerai /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁe/	engoueras /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁa/	engouera /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁa/	engouerons /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁɔ̃/	engouerez /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁe/	engoueront /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	engouerais /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁɛ/	engouerais /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁɛ/	engouerait /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁɛ/	engouerions /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁjɔ̃/	engoueriez /ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁje/	engoueraient /ɑ̃.ɡu.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	engoue /ɑ̃.ɡu/	engoues /ɑ̃.ɡu/	engoue /ɑ̃.ɡu/	engouions /ɑ̃.ɡu.jɔ̃/	engouiez /ɑ̃.ɡu.je/	engouent /ɑ̃.ɡu/
	imperfect2	engouasse /ɑ̃.ɡwas/	engouasses /ɑ̃.ɡwas/	engouât /ɑ̃.ɡwa/	engouassions /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sjɔ̃/	engouassiez /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sje/	engouassent /ɑ̃.ɡwas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	engoue /ɑ̃.ɡu/	—	engouons /ɑ̃.ɡwɔ̃/	engouez /ɑ̃.ɡwe/	—
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).

Derived terms

• engouement

Related terms

• joue

Further reading

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