embaucher

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ bauche +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bo.ʃe/
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Verb

embaucher

  1. to hire, to employ
    Antonym: débaucher
    Certains employeurs embauchent des travailleurs clandestins.
    Some employers hire illegal workers.

Conjugation
Conjugation of embaucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple embaucher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple embauchant
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle embauché
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present embauche
/ɑ̃.boʃ/		 embauches
/ɑ̃.boʃ/		 embauche
/ɑ̃.boʃ/		 embauchons
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃɔ̃/		 embauchez
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃe/		 embauchent
/ɑ̃.boʃ/
imperfect embauchais
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃɛ/		 embauchais
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃɛ/		 embauchait
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃɛ/		 embauchions
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃjɔ̃/		 embauchiez
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃje/		 embauchaient
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃɛ/
past historic2 embauchai
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃe/		 embauchas
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃa/		 embaucha
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃa/		 embauchâmes
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃam/		 embauchâtes
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃat/		 embauchèrent
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃɛʁ/
future embaucherai
/ɑ̃.boʃ.ʁe/		 embaucheras
/ɑ̃.boʃ.ʁa/		 embauchera
/ɑ̃.boʃ.ʁa/		 embaucherons
/ɑ̃.boʃ.ʁɔ̃/		 embaucherez
/ɑ̃.boʃ.ʁe/		 embaucheront
/ɑ̃.boʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional embaucherais
/ɑ̃.boʃ.ʁɛ/		 embaucherais
/ɑ̃.boʃ.ʁɛ/		 embaucherait
/ɑ̃.boʃ.ʁɛ/		 embaucherions
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/		 embaucheriez
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃə.ʁje/		 embaucheraient
/ɑ̃.boʃ.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 embauche
/ɑ̃.boʃ/		 embauches
/ɑ̃.boʃ/		 embauche
/ɑ̃.boʃ/		 embauchions
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃjɔ̃/		 embauchiez
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃje/		 embauchent
/ɑ̃.boʃ/
imperfect2 embauchasse
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃas/		 embauchasses
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃas/		 embauchât
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃa/		 embauchassions
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃa.sjɔ̃/		 embauchassiez
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃa.sje/		 embauchassent
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — embauche
/ɑ̃.boʃ/		 — embauchons
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃɔ̃/		 embauchez
/ɑ̃.bo.ʃe/		 —
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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