imbiber

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English

Etymology

From imbibe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

imbiber (plural imbibers)

  1. One who imbibes, who drinks, especially alcoholic beverages.
    Synonym: drinker
    • 1876, John Ruskin, “Letter LX”, in Fors Clavigera. Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain, volume V, Orpington, Kent: George Allen, →OCLC, page 341:
      […] and yet, curiously enough, I am certain he will feel my question, “Where does the drinker get the means for his drinking?” more relevant in the case of the imbibers of port than in that of the imbibers of champagne.
    • 2023 May 28, Alice Lascelles, quoting Nick Bodkins, “What's the buzz?”, in FT Weekend, HTSI, page 61:
      “Demand is primarily coming from a mix of Gen Z consumers and imbibers who are looking for the ‘feel’ without the feel tomorrow,” says CEO Nick Bodkins. “But fully abstaining customers are a very small subset of our consumer base.”

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin imbibere. Doublet of emboire.

Pronunciation

Verb

imbiber

  1. (transitive) to soak, saturate

Conjugation

Conjugation of imbiber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple imbiber
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple imbibant
/ɛ̃.bi.bɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle imbibé
/ɛ̃.bi.be/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present imbibe
/ɛ̃.bib/ 		imbibes
/ɛ̃.bib/ 		imbibe
/ɛ̃.bib/ 		imbibons
/ɛ̃.bi.bɔ̃/ 		imbibez
/ɛ̃.bi.be/ 		imbibent
/ɛ̃.bib/
imperfect imbibais
/ɛ̃.bi.bɛ/ 		imbibais
/ɛ̃.bi.bɛ/ 		imbibait
/ɛ̃.bi.bɛ/ 		imbibions
/ɛ̃.bi.bjɔ̃/ 		imbibiez
/ɛ̃.bi.bje/ 		imbibaient
/ɛ̃.bi.bɛ/
past historic2 imbibai
/ɛ̃.bi.be/ 		imbibas
/ɛ̃.bi.ba/ 		imbiba
/ɛ̃.bi.ba/ 		imbibâmes
/ɛ̃.bi.bam/ 		imbibâtes
/ɛ̃.bi.bat/ 		imbibèrent
/ɛ̃.bi.bɛʁ/
future imbiberai
/ɛ̃.bi.bʁe/ 		imbiberas
/ɛ̃.bi.bʁa/ 		imbibera
/ɛ̃.bi.bʁa/ 		imbiberons
/ɛ̃.bi.bʁɔ̃/ 		imbiberez
/ɛ̃.bi.bʁe/ 		imbiberont
/ɛ̃.bi.bʁɔ̃/
conditional imbiberais
/ɛ̃.bi.bʁɛ/ 		imbiberais
/ɛ̃.bi.bʁɛ/ 		imbiberait
/ɛ̃.bi.bʁɛ/ 		imbiberions
/ɛ̃.bi.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		imbiberiez
/ɛ̃.bi.bə.ʁje/ 		imbiberaient
/ɛ̃.bi.bʁɛ/
(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 imbibe
/ɛ̃.bib/ 		imbibes
/ɛ̃.bib/ 		imbibe
/ɛ̃.bib/ 		imbibions
/ɛ̃.bi.bjɔ̃/ 		imbibiez
/ɛ̃.bi.bje/ 		imbibent
/ɛ̃.bib/
imperfect2 imbibasse
/ɛ̃.bi.bas/ 		imbibasses
/ɛ̃.bi.bas/ 		imbibât
/ɛ̃.bi.ba/ 		imbibassions
/ɛ̃.bi.ba.sjɔ̃/ 		imbibassiez
/ɛ̃.bi.ba.sje/ 		imbibassent
/ɛ̃.bi.bas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — imbibe
/ɛ̃.bib/ 		— imbibons
/ɛ̃.bi.bɔ̃/ 		imbibez
/ɛ̃.bi.be/ 		—
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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