enfanter

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French

Etymology

From enfant (“child”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

enfanter

  1. (literary, transitive) to bear , bring into the world
  2. (transitive, of animals) to give birth
  3. (transitive, of plants) to bear
  4. (transitive) to produce, reel off

Conjugation

Conjugation of enfanter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple enfanter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple enfantant
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle enfanté
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present enfante
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃t/ 		enfantes
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃t/ 		enfante
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃t/ 		enfantons
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		enfantez
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.te/ 		enfantent
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃t/
imperfect enfantais
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tɛ/ 		enfantais
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tɛ/ 		enfantait
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tɛ/ 		enfantions
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		enfantiez
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tje/ 		enfantaient
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 enfantai
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.te/ 		enfantas
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.ta/ 		enfanta
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.ta/ 		enfantâmes
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tam/ 		enfantâtes
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tat/ 		enfantèrent
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tɛʁ/
future enfanterai
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tʁe/ 		enfanteras
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tʁa/ 		enfantera
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tʁa/ 		enfanterons
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ 		enfanterez
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tʁe/ 		enfanteront
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional enfanterais
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		enfanterais
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		enfanterait
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		enfanterions
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		enfanteriez
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ 		enfanteraient
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tʁɛ/
(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 enfante
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃t/ 		enfantes
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃t/ 		enfante
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃t/ 		enfantions
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		enfantiez
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tje/ 		enfantent
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃t/
imperfect2 enfantasse
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tas/ 		enfantasses
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tas/ 		enfantât
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.ta/ 		enfantassions
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		enfantassiez
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.ta.sje/ 		enfantassent
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — enfante
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃t/ 		— enfantons
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		enfantez
/ɑ̃.fɑ̃.te/ 		—
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).

Synonyms

(bear ):

Descendants

  • → Italian: infantare

Further reading

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

enfant (“child”) +‎ -er

Verb

enfanter

  1. to give birth

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of enfanter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive enfanter avoir enfanté
gerund en enfantant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle enfantant
past participle enfanté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present enfant enfantes enfante enfantons enfantez enfantent
imperfect enfantoie, enfanteie, enfantoe, enfanteve enfantoies, enfanteies, enfantoes, enfanteves enfantoit, enfanteit, enfantot, enfanteve enfantiiens, enfantiens enfantiiez, enfantiez enfantoient, enfanteient, enfantoent, enfantevent
preterite enfantai enfantas enfanta enfantames enfantastes enfanterent
future enfanterai enfanteras enfantera enfanterons enfanteroiz, enfantereiz, enfanterez enfanteront
conditional enfanteroie, enfantereie enfanteroies, enfantereies enfanteroit, enfantereit enfanteriiens, enfanteriens enfanteriiez, enfanteriez enfanteroient, enfantereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present enfant enfanz enfant enfantons enfantez enfantent
imperfect enfantasse enfantasses enfantast enfantissons, enfantissiens enfantissoiz, enfantissez, enfantissiez enfantassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— enfante — enfantons enfantez —
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