engluer
French
Etymology
From glu (“birdlime”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡly.e/
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Verb
engluer
- to birdlime
- (reflexive) to get bogged down
Conjugation
Conjugation of engluer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | engluer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | engluant /ɑ̃.ɡly.ɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | englué /ɑ̃.ɡly.e/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | englue /ɑ̃.ɡly/ |
englues /ɑ̃.ɡly/ |
englue /ɑ̃.ɡly/ |
engluons /ɑ̃.ɡly.ɔ̃/ |
engluez /ɑ̃.ɡly.e/ |
engluent /ɑ̃.ɡly/ |
| imperfect | engluais /ɑ̃.ɡly.ɛ/ |
engluais /ɑ̃.ɡly.ɛ/ |
engluait /ɑ̃.ɡly.ɛ/ |
engluions /ɑ̃.ɡly.jɔ̃/ |
engluiez /ɑ̃.ɡly.je/ |
engluaient /ɑ̃.ɡly.ɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | engluai /ɑ̃.ɡly.e/ |
engluas /ɑ̃.ɡly.a/ |
englua /ɑ̃.ɡly.a/ |
engluâmes /ɑ̃.ɡly.am/ |
engluâtes /ɑ̃.ɡly.at/ |
engluèrent /ɑ̃.ɡly.ɛʁ/ | |
| future | engluerai /ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁe/ |
englueras /ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁa/ |
engluera /ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁa/ |
engluerons /ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁɔ̃/ |
engluerez /ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁe/ |
englueront /ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | engluerais /ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁɛ/ |
engluerais /ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁɛ/ |
engluerait /ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁɛ/ |
engluerions /ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁjɔ̃/ |
englueriez /ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁje/ |
englueraient /ɑ̃.ɡly.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 | englue /ɑ̃.ɡly/ |
englues /ɑ̃.ɡly/ |
englue /ɑ̃.ɡly/ |
engluions /ɑ̃.ɡly.jɔ̃/ |
engluiez /ɑ̃.ɡly.je/ |
engluent /ɑ̃.ɡly/ |
| imperfect2 | engluasse /ɑ̃.ɡly.as/ |
engluasses /ɑ̃.ɡly.as/ |
engluât /ɑ̃.ɡly.a/ |
engluassions /ɑ̃.ɡly.a.sjɔ̃/ |
engluassiez /ɑ̃.ɡly.a.sje/ |
engluassent /ɑ̃.ɡly.as/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | englue /ɑ̃.ɡly/ |
— | engluons /ɑ̃.ɡly.ɔ̃/ |
engluez /ɑ̃.ɡly.e/ |
— | |
| 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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “engluer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.