enchevêtrer
French
Etymology
From Middle French, Old French enchevestrer; equivalent to en- + chevêtre + -er, or, according to the TLFi, from a Vulgar Latin *incapistrāre or *encapistrāre, from Latin capistrāre, present active infinitive of capistrō. Compare Catalan, Occitan, and Spanish encabestrar, Portuguese encabrestar, Italian incapestrare, Romanian încăpăstra, Sardinian incrabistare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁe/
Verb
enchevêtrer
Conjugation
Conjugation of enchevêtrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | enchevêtrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | enchevêtrant /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | enchevêtré /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | enchevêtre /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/ |
enchevêtres /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/ |
enchevêtre /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/ |
enchevêtrons /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
enchevêtrez /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁe/ |
enchevêtrent /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/ |
| imperfect | enchevêtrais /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ |
enchevêtrais /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ |
enchevêtrait /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ |
enchevêtrions /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
enchevêtriez /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁi.je/ |
enchevêtraient /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | enchevêtrai /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁe/ |
enchevêtras /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁa/ |
enchevêtra /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁa/ |
enchevêtrâmes /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁam/ |
enchevêtrâtes /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁat/ |
enchevêtrèrent /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | enchevêtrerai /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁe/ |
enchevêtreras /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁa/ |
enchevêtrera /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁa/ |
enchevêtrerons /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
enchevêtrerez /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁe/ |
enchevêtreront /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | enchevêtrerais /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
enchevêtrerais /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
enchevêtrerait /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
enchevêtrerions /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enchevêtreriez /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁje/ |
enchevêtreraient /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.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 | enchevêtre /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/ |
enchevêtres /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/ |
enchevêtre /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/ |
enchevêtrions /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
enchevêtriez /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁi.je/ |
enchevêtrent /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | enchevêtrasse /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁas/ |
enchevêtrasses /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁas/ |
enchevêtrât /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁa/ |
enchevêtrassions /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
enchevêtrassiez /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁa.sje/ |
enchevêtrassent /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | enchevêtre /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/ |
— | enchevêtrons /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
enchevêtrez /ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Gerund is only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “enchevêtrer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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