émailler

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French

Etymology

From émail +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

émailler

  1. to enamel
  2. (figuratively) to mar, spoil, blemish
    Une série d’incidents a émaillé l’événement.
    A series of incidents marred the event.
    • 2005, Julie Poirier, Au hasard des pistes : Les deux Amériques à vélo‎, →ISBN, page 118:
      La manière de parler des Chiliens nous réserve bien des surprises : outre un accent à couper au couteau, ils mangent les mots et ne prononcent aucun S, et ils émaillent leurs phrases de mots inconnus pour nous : huahua – le bébé –, pololo –, le petit ami –...
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Conjugation

Conjugation of émailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple émailler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple émaillant
/e.ma.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle émaillé
/e.ma.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present émaille
/e.maj/ 		émailles
/e.maj/ 		émaille
/e.maj/ 		émaillons
/e.ma.jɔ̃/ 		émaillez
/e.ma.je/ 		émaillent
/e.maj/
imperfect émaillais
/e.ma.jɛ/ 		émaillais
/e.ma.jɛ/ 		émaillait
/e.ma.jɛ/ 		émaillions
/e.maj.jɔ̃/ 		émailliez
/e.maj.je/ 		émaillaient
/e.ma.jɛ/
past historic2 émaillai
/e.ma.je/ 		émaillas
/e.ma.ja/ 		émailla
/e.ma.ja/ 		émaillâmes
/e.ma.jam/ 		émaillâtes
/e.ma.jat/ 		émaillèrent
/e.ma.jɛʁ/
future émaillerai
/e.maj.ʁe/ 		émailleras
/e.maj.ʁa/ 		émaillera
/e.maj.ʁa/ 		émaillerons
/e.maj.ʁɔ̃/ 		émaillerez
/e.maj.ʁe/ 		émailleront
/e.maj.ʁɔ̃/
conditional émaillerais
/e.maj.ʁɛ/ 		émaillerais
/e.maj.ʁɛ/ 		émaillerait
/e.maj.ʁɛ/ 		émaillerions
/e.ma.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		émailleriez
/e.ma.jə.ʁje/ 		émailleraient
/e.maj.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 émaille
/e.maj/ 		émailles
/e.maj/ 		émaille
/e.maj/ 		émaillions
/e.maj.jɔ̃/ 		émailliez
/e.maj.je/ 		émaillent
/e.maj/
imperfect2 émaillasse
/e.ma.jas/ 		émaillasses
/e.ma.jas/ 		émaillât
/e.ma.ja/ 		émaillassions
/e.ma.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		émaillassiez
/e.ma.ja.sje/ 		émaillassent
/e.ma.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — émaille
/e.maj/ 		— émaillons
/e.ma.jɔ̃/ 		émaillez
/e.ma.je/ 		—
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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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