enherber

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ herber.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.nɛʁ.be/
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Verb

enherber

  1. (rare) to cover with grass
  2. (archaic) to poison
    Synonym: empoisonner

Conjugation

Conjugation of enherber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple enherber
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple enherbant
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle enherbé
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.be/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present enherbe
/ɑ̃.nɛʁb/ 		enherbes
/ɑ̃.nɛʁb/ 		enherbe
/ɑ̃.nɛʁb/ 		enherbons
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bɔ̃/ 		enherbez
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.be/ 		enherbent
/ɑ̃.nɛʁb/
imperfect enherbais
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bɛ/ 		enherbais
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bɛ/ 		enherbait
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bɛ/ 		enherbions
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bjɔ̃/ 		enherbiez
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bje/ 		enherbaient
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bɛ/
past historic2 enherbai
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.be/ 		enherbas
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.ba/ 		enherba
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.ba/ 		enherbâmes
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bam/ 		enherbâtes
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bat/ 		enherbèrent
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bɛʁ/
future enherberai
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.ʁe/ 		enherberas
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.ʁa/ 		enherbera
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.ʁa/ 		enherberons
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/ 		enherberez
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.ʁe/ 		enherberont
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional enherberais
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ 		enherberais
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ 		enherberait
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ 		enherberions
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		enherberiez
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.ʁje/ 		enherberaient
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bə.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 enherbe
/ɑ̃.nɛʁb/ 		enherbes
/ɑ̃.nɛʁb/ 		enherbe
/ɑ̃.nɛʁb/ 		enherbions
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bjɔ̃/ 		enherbiez
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bje/ 		enherbent
/ɑ̃.nɛʁb/
imperfect2 enherbasse
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bas/ 		enherbasses
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bas/ 		enherbât
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.ba/ 		enherbassions
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.ba.sjɔ̃/ 		enherbassiez
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.ba.sje/ 		enherbassent
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — enherbe
/ɑ̃.nɛʁb/ 		— enherbons
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.bɔ̃/ 		enherbez
/ɑ̃.nɛʁ.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

  • enherbage
  • enherbement

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