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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