enchevêtrer

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, Old French enchevestrer. By surface analysis, en- +‎ chevêtre +‎ -er. Alternatively, according to the TLFi, from a Vulgar Latin *incapistrāre or *encapistrāre, from Latin capistrāre. Compare Catalan, Occitan, and Spanish encabestrar; Portuguese encabrestar; Italian incapestrare; Romanian încăpăstra; and Sardinian incrabistare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ʃə.vɛ.tʁe/ ~ /ɑ̃.ʃə.ve.tʁe/
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Verb

enchevêtrer

  1. (transitive) to tangle up
  2. (transitive) to entangle, to involve, to implicate
  3. (reflexive) to become tangled
  4. (reflexive) to get tangled up, to get mixed up

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/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle enchevêtré
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present enchevêtre
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/ 		enchevêtres
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/ 		enchevêtre
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/ 		enchevêtrons
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁɔ̃/ 		enchevêtrez
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁe/ 		enchevêtrent
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/
imperfect enchevêtrais
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁɛ/ 		enchevêtrais
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁɛ/ 		enchevêtrait
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁɛ/ 		enchevêtrions
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		enchevêtriez
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁi.je/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁi.je/ 		enchevêtraient
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁɛ/
past historic2 enchevêtrai
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁe/ 		enchevêtras
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁa/ 		enchevêtra
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁa/ 		enchevêtrâmes
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁam/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁam/ 		enchevêtrâtes
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁat/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁat/ 		enchevêtrèrent
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁɛʁ/
future enchevêtrerai
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁə.ʁe/ 		enchevêtreras
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁə.ʁa/ 		enchevêtrera
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁə.ʁa/ 		enchevêtrerons
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		enchevêtrerez
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁə.ʁe/ 		enchevêtreront
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional enchevêtrerais
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁə.ʁɛ/ 		enchevêtrerais
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁə.ʁɛ/ 		enchevêtrerait
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁə.ʁɛ/ 		enchevêtrerions
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		enchevêtreriez
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁə.ʁje/ 		enchevêtreraient
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.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/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		enchevêtriez
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁi.je/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁi.je/ 		enchevêtrent
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/
imperfect2 enchevêtrasse
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁas/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁas/ 		enchevêtrasses
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁas/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁas/ 		enchevêtrât
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁa/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁa/ 		enchevêtrassions
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		enchevêtrassiez
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁa.sje/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁa.sje/ 		enchevêtrassent
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁas/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — enchevêtre
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛtʁ/ 		— enchevêtrons
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁɔ̃/ 		enchevêtrez
/ɑ̃ʃ.vɛ.tʁe/ or /ɑ̃ʃ.ve.tʁe/ 		—
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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