engraisser

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ingrassiare < *incrassiare < Latin crassus. Compare Italian ingrassare, Spanish engrasar, Romanian îngrășa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.se/, /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.se/
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Verb

engraisser

  1. (transitive) to fatten

Conjugation
Conjugation of engraisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple engraisser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple engraissant
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle engraissé
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present engraisse
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/		 engraisses
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/		 engraisse
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/		 engraissons
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɔ̃/		 engraissez
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.se/		 engraissent
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/
imperfect engraissais
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɛ/		 engraissais
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɛ/		 engraissait
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɛ/		 engraissions
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/		 engraissiez
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sje/		 engraissaient
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɛ/
past historic2 engraissai
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.se/		 engraissas
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sa/		 engraissa
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sa/		 engraissâmes
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sam/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sam/		 engraissâtes
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sat/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sat/		 engraissèrent
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɛʁ/
future engraisserai
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁe/		 engraisseras
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁa/		 engraissera
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁa/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁa/		 engraisserons
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/		 engraisserez
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁe/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁe/		 engraisseront
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁɔ̃/
conditional engraisserais
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/		 engraisserais
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/		 engraisserait
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/		 engraisserions
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 engraisseriez
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sə.ʁje/		 engraisseraient
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sʁɛ/
(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 engraisse
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/		 engraisses
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/		 engraisse
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/		 engraissions
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/		 engraissiez
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sje/		 engraissent
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/
imperfect2 engraissasse
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sas/		 engraissasses
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sas/		 engraissât
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sa/		 engraissassions
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/		 engraissassiez
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sa.sje/		 engraissassent
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — engraisse
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛs/		 — engraissons
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.sɔ̃/		 engraissez
/ɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ɡʁe.se/		 —
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).

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