empoigner

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French

Etymology

From en- +‎ poing +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.pwa.ɲe/
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Verb

empoigner

  1. to grab; grasp (to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something))
    • 1961, Charles Aznavour (lyrics and music), “Je m’voyais déjà”, in Je m'voyais déjà:
      A dix-huit ans j’ai quitté ma province / Bien décidé à empoigner la vie / Le cœur léger et le bagage mince / J’étais certain de conquérir Paris
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of empoigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple empoigner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple empoignant
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle empoigné
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present empoigne
/ɑ̃.pwaɲ/ 		empoignes
/ɑ̃.pwaɲ/ 		empoigne
/ɑ̃.pwaɲ/ 		empoignons
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲɔ̃/ 		empoignez
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲe/ 		empoignent
/ɑ̃.pwaɲ/
imperfect empoignais
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲɛ/ 		empoignais
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲɛ/ 		empoignait
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲɛ/ 		empoignions
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲjɔ̃/ 		empoigniez
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲje/ 		empoignaient
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲɛ/
past historic2 empoignai
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲe/ 		empoignas
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲa/ 		empoigna
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲa/ 		empoignâmes
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲam/ 		empoignâtes
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲat/ 		empoignèrent
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲɛʁ/
future empoignerai
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲə.ʁe/ 		empoigneras
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲə.ʁa/ 		empoignera
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲə.ʁa/ 		empoignerons
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ 		empoignerez
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲə.ʁe/ 		empoigneront
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional empoignerais
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		empoignerais
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		empoignerait
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		empoignerions
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		empoigneriez
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲə.ʁje/ 		empoigneraient
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲə.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 empoigne
/ɑ̃.pwaɲ/ 		empoignes
/ɑ̃.pwaɲ/ 		empoigne
/ɑ̃.pwaɲ/ 		empoignions
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲjɔ̃/ 		empoigniez
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲje/ 		empoignent
/ɑ̃.pwaɲ/
imperfect2 empoignasse
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲas/ 		empoignasses
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲas/ 		empoignât
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲa/ 		empoignassions
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ 		empoignassiez
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲa.sje/ 		empoignassent
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — empoigne
/ɑ̃.pwaɲ/ 		— empoignons
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲɔ̃/ 		empoignez
/ɑ̃.pwa.ɲe/ 		—
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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