embrayer

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French

Etymology

From en- +‎ braie +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.je/ ~ /ɑ̃.bʁe.je/
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Verb

embrayer

  1. to engage (to mesh or interlock)
  2. to engage, set in motion
  3. (colloquial) to begin, engage (to draw into conversation)
    • 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 5, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
      — Qué tal, tracier ? embraya Agüero dans le brasier de ma souffrance qui me ravageait comme une joie.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer), the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).

Conjugation of embrayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple embrayer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple embrayant
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle embrayé
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present embraye or embraie
/ɑ̃.bʁɛj/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ/ 		embrayes or embraies
/ɑ̃.bʁɛj/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ/ 		embraye or embraie
/ɑ̃.bʁɛj/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ/ 		embrayons
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jɔ̃/ 		embrayez
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.je/ 		embrayent or embraient
/ɑ̃.bʁɛj/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ/
imperfect embrayais
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jɛ/ 		embrayais
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jɛ/ 		embrayait
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jɛ/ 		embrayions
/ɑ̃.bʁɛj.jɔ̃/ 		embrayiez
/ɑ̃.bʁɛj.je/ 		embrayaient
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jɛ/
past historic2 embrayai
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.je/ 		embrayas
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.ja/ 		embraya
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.ja/ 		embrayâmes
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jam/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jam/ 		embrayâtes
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jat/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jat/ 		embrayèrent
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jɛʁ/
future embrayerai or embraierai
/ɑ̃.bʁɛj.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.ʁe/ 		embrayeras or embraieras
/ɑ̃.bʁɛj.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.ʁa/ 		embrayera or embraiera
/ɑ̃.bʁɛj.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.ʁa/ 		embrayerons or embraierons
/ɑ̃.bʁɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.ʁɔ̃/ 		embrayerez or embraierez
/ɑ̃.bʁɛj.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.ʁe/ 		embrayeront or embraieront
/ɑ̃.bʁɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.ʁɔ̃/
conditional embrayerais or embraierais
/ɑ̃.bʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.ʁɛ/ 		embrayerais or embraierais
/ɑ̃.bʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.ʁɛ/ 		embrayerait or embraierait
/ɑ̃.bʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.ʁɛ/ 		embrayerions or embraierions
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.ʁjɔ̃/ 		embrayeriez or embraieriez
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.ʁje/ 		embrayeraient or embraieraient
/ɑ̃.bʁɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.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 embraye or embraie
/ɑ̃.bʁɛj/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ/ 		embrayes or embraies
/ɑ̃.bʁɛj/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ/ 		embraye or embraie
/ɑ̃.bʁɛj/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ/ 		embrayions
/ɑ̃.bʁɛj.jɔ̃/ 		embrayiez
/ɑ̃.bʁɛj.je/ 		embrayent or embraient
/ɑ̃.bʁɛj/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ/
imperfect2 embrayasse
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jas/ 		embrayasses
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jas/ 		embrayât
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.ja/ 		embrayassions
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		embrayassiez
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.ja.sje/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.ja.sje/ 		embrayassent
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — embraye or embraie
/ɑ̃.bʁɛj/ or /ɑ̃.bʁɛ/ 		— embrayons
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.jɔ̃/ 		embrayez
/ɑ̃.bʁɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.bʁe.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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