Inherited from Old French englotir, from Late Latin ingluttīre, from Latin gluttiō; alternatively, from Old French en- + glotir.
engloutir
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
| infinitive | simple | engloutir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | engloutissant /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | englouti /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | engloutis /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/ |
engloutis /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/ |
engloutit /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/ |
engloutissons /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sɔ̃/ |
engloutissez /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.se/ |
engloutissent /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/ |
| imperfect | engloutissais /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sɛ/ |
engloutissais /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sɛ/ |
engloutissait /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sɛ/ |
engloutissions /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
engloutissiez /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sje/ |
engloutissaient /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | engloutis /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/ |
engloutis /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/ |
engloutit /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/ |
engloutîmes /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tim/ |
engloutîtes /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tit/ |
engloutirent /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tiʁ/ | |
| future | engloutirai /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁe/ |
engloutiras /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁa/ |
engloutira /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁa/ |
engloutirons /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
engloutirez /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁe/ |
engloutiront /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | engloutirais /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁɛ/ |
engloutirais /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁɛ/ |
engloutirait /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁɛ/ |
engloutirions /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
engloutiriez /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.ʁje/ |
engloutiraient /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.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 | engloutisse /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/ |
engloutisses /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/ |
engloutisse /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/ |
engloutissions /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
engloutissiez /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sje/ |
engloutissent /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/ |
| imperfect2 | engloutisse /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/ |
engloutisses /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/ |
engloutît /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/ |
engloutissions /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
engloutissiez /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sje/ |
engloutissent /ɑ̃.ɡlu.tis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | engloutis /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti/ |
— | engloutissons /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.sɔ̃/ |
engloutissez /ɑ̃.ɡlu.ti.se/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
engloutir
This verb conjugates as a third-group or second-group verb (ending in -ir, without or with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.