enjamber

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ jambe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be/
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Verb

enjamber

  1. to straddle
  2. to stride
  3. (poetry) to make an enjambment

Conjugation
Conjugation of enjamber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple enjamber
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple enjambant
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle enjambé
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present enjambe
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/		 enjambes
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/		 enjambe
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/		 enjambons
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɔ̃/		 enjambez
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be/		 enjambent
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/
imperfect enjambais
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛ/		 enjambais
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛ/		 enjambait
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛ/		 enjambions
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bjɔ̃/		 enjambiez
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bje/		 enjambaient
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛ/
past historic2 enjambai
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.be/		 enjambas
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba/		 enjamba
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba/		 enjambâmes
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bam/		 enjambâtes
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bat/		 enjambèrent
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɛʁ/
future enjamberai
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁe/		 enjamberas
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁa/		 enjambera
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁa/		 enjamberons
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/		 enjamberez
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁe/		 enjamberont
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/
conditional enjamberais
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɛ/		 enjamberais
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɛ/		 enjamberait
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bʁɛ/		 enjamberions
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/		 enjamberiez
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bə.ʁje/		 enjamberaient
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.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 enjambe
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/		 enjambes
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/		 enjambe
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/		 enjambions
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bjɔ̃/		 enjambiez
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bje/		 enjambent
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/
imperfect2 enjambasse
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bas/		 enjambasses
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bas/		 enjambât
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba/		 enjambassions
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/		 enjambassiez
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.ba.sje/		 enjambassent
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — enjambe
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃b/		 — enjambons
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.bɔ̃/		 enjambez
/ɑ̃.ʒɑ̃.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).

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