engouffrer

French

Etymology

Derived from en- +‎ gouffre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁe/

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Verb

engouffrer

1. to gobble up; to eat up
2. to engulf

Conjugation

Conjugation of engouffrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	engouffrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	engouffrant /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		engouffré /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	engouffre /ɑ̃.ɡufʁ/	engouffres /ɑ̃.ɡufʁ/	engouffre /ɑ̃.ɡufʁ/	engouffrons /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁɔ̃/	engouffrez /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁe/	engouffrent /ɑ̃.ɡufʁ/
	imperfect	engouffrais /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁɛ/	engouffrais /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁɛ/	engouffrait /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁɛ/	engouffrions /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁi.jɔ̃/	engouffriez /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁi.je/	engouffraient /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁɛ/
	past historic2	engouffrai /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁe/	engouffras /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁa/	engouffra /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁa/	engouffrâmes /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁam/	engouffrâtes /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁat/	engouffrèrent /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁɛʁ/
	future	engouffrerai /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁə.ʁe/	engouffreras /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁə.ʁa/	engouffrera /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁə.ʁa/	engouffrerons /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁə.ʁɔ̃/	engouffrerez /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁə.ʁe/	engouffreront /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	engouffrerais /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁə.ʁɛ/	engouffrerais /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁə.ʁɛ/	engouffrerait /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁə.ʁɛ/	engouffrerions /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	engouffreriez /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁə.ʁje/	engouffreraient /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁə.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	engouffre /ɑ̃.ɡufʁ/	engouffres /ɑ̃.ɡufʁ/	engouffre /ɑ̃.ɡufʁ/	engouffrions /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁi.jɔ̃/	engouffriez /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁi.je/	engouffrent /ɑ̃.ɡufʁ/
	imperfect2	engouffrasse /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁas/	engouffrasses /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁas/	engouffrât /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁa/	engouffrassions /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁa.sjɔ̃/	engouffrassiez /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁa.sje/	engouffrassent /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	engouffre /ɑ̃.ɡufʁ/	—	engouffrons /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁɔ̃/	engouffrez /ɑ̃.ɡu.fʁe/	—
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

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