engorger

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French

Etymology

From en- +‎ gorge +‎ -er (rather than en- + gorger). See engouer for a similar formation.

Pronunciation

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Verb

engorger

  1. to clog, clog up, congest

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written engorge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of engorger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple engorger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple engorgeant
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle engorgé
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present engorge
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ 		engorges
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ 		engorge
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ 		engorgeons
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɔ̃/ 		engorgez
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ 		engorgent
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/
imperfect engorgeais
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/ 		engorgeais
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/ 		engorgeait
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/ 		engorgions
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ 		engorgiez
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒje/ 		engorgeaient
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/
past historic2 engorgeai
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ 		engorgeas
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒa/ 		engorgea
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒa/ 		engorgeâmes
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒam/ 		engorgeâtes
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒat/ 		engorgèrent
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɛʁ/
future engorgerai
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ 		engorgeras
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ 		engorgera
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ 		engorgerons
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ 		engorgerez
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ 		engorgeront
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional engorgerais
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ 		engorgerais
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ 		engorgerait
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ 		engorgerions
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		engorgeriez
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁje/ 		engorgeraient
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.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 engorge
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ 		engorges
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ 		engorge
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ 		engorgions
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ 		engorgiez
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒje/ 		engorgent
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/
imperfect2 engorgeasse
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒas/ 		engorgeasses
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒas/ 		engorgeât
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒa/ 		engorgeassions
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		engorgeassiez
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒa.sje/ 		engorgeassent
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — engorge
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ 		— engorgeons
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɔ̃/ 		engorgez
/ɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ 		—
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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