engouer

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French

Etymology

Middle French angouer, related to joue (“cheek”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡwe/
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Verb

engouer

  1. (intransitive, reflexive, figurative) to become passionate or infatuated
    • 1918, Marcel Proust, À l’ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs [In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower] (À la recherche du temps perdu)‎, part 1:
      Sauf chez les Verdurin qui s’étaient engoués de lui, l’air hésitant de Cottard, sa timidité, son amabilité excessives, lui avaient, dans sa jeunesse, valu de perpétuels brocards.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (obsolete) to block the gullet when swallowing; to choke

Conjugation

Conjugation of engouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple engouer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple engouant
/ɑ̃.ɡwɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle engoué
/ɑ̃.ɡwe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present engoue
/ɑ̃.ɡu/ 		engoues
/ɑ̃.ɡu/ 		engoue
/ɑ̃.ɡu/ 		engouons
/ɑ̃.ɡwɔ̃/ 		engouez
/ɑ̃.ɡwe/ 		engouent
/ɑ̃.ɡu/
imperfect engouais
/ɑ̃.ɡwɛ/ 		engouais
/ɑ̃.ɡwɛ/ 		engouait
/ɑ̃.ɡwɛ/ 		engouions
/ɑ̃.ɡu.jɔ̃/ 		engouiez
/ɑ̃.ɡu.je/ 		engouaient
/ɑ̃.ɡwɛ/
past historic2 engouai
/ɑ̃.ɡwe/ 		engouas
/ɑ̃.ɡwa/ 		engoua
/ɑ̃.ɡwa/ 		engouâmes
/ɑ̃.ɡwam/ 		engouâtes
/ɑ̃.ɡwat/ 		engouèrent
/ɑ̃.ɡwɛʁ/
future engouerai
/ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁe/ 		engoueras
/ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁa/ 		engouera
/ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁa/ 		engouerons
/ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁɔ̃/ 		engouerez
/ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁe/ 		engoueront
/ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁɔ̃/
conditional engouerais
/ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁɛ/ 		engouerais
/ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁɛ/ 		engouerait
/ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁɛ/ 		engouerions
/ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁjɔ̃/ 		engoueriez
/ɑ̃.ɡu.ʁje/ 		engoueraient
/ɑ̃.ɡu.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 engoue
/ɑ̃.ɡu/ 		engoues
/ɑ̃.ɡu/ 		engoue
/ɑ̃.ɡu/ 		engouions
/ɑ̃.ɡu.jɔ̃/ 		engouiez
/ɑ̃.ɡu.je/ 		engouent
/ɑ̃.ɡu/
imperfect2 engouasse
/ɑ̃.ɡwas/ 		engouasses
/ɑ̃.ɡwas/ 		engouât
/ɑ̃.ɡwa/ 		engouassions
/ɑ̃.ɡwa.sjɔ̃/ 		engouassiez
/ɑ̃.ɡwa.sje/ 		engouassent
/ɑ̃.ɡwas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — engoue
/ɑ̃.ɡu/ 		— engouons
/ɑ̃.ɡwɔ̃/ 		engouez
/ɑ̃.ɡwe/ 		—
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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