emboucher

French

Etymology

From Middle French emboucher, from Old French embouchier, equivalent to en- +‎ bouche +‎ -er; possibly corresponds to a Vulgar Latin *imbuccāre, from Latin bucca (compare Portuguese and Spanish embocar, Italian imboccare, Romanian îmbuca).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bu.ʃe/

Verb

emboucher

  1. to place one's lips against the mouthpiece of a wind instrument
  2. to place the bit in a horse's mouth
  3. (informal) to tell off, to antagonize
  4. (reflexive, informal) to argue

Conjugation
Conjugation of emboucher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle embouchant
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃɑ̃/
past participle embouché
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃe/
infinitive
simple emboucher
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple embouchant
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present embouche
/ɑ̃.buʃ/		 embouches
/ɑ̃.buʃ/		 embouche
/ɑ̃.buʃ/		 embouchons
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃɔ̃/		 embouchez
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃe/		 embouchent
/ɑ̃.buʃ/
imperfect embouchais
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃɛ/		 embouchais
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃɛ/		 embouchait
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃɛ/		 embouchions
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃjɔ̃/		 embouchiez
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃje/		 embouchaient
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃɛ/
past historic2 embouchai
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃe/		 embouchas
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃa/		 emboucha
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃa/		 embouchâmes
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃam/		 embouchâtes
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃat/		 embouchèrent
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃɛʁ/
future emboucherai
/ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁe/		 emboucheras
/ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁa/		 embouchera
/ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁa/		 emboucherons
/ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁɔ̃/		 emboucherez
/ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁe/		 emboucheront
/ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional emboucherais
/ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁɛ/		 emboucherais
/ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁɛ/		 emboucherait
/ɑ̃.buʃ.ʁɛ/		 emboucherions
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/		 emboucheriez
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃə.ʁje/		 emboucheraient
/ɑ̃.buʃ.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 embouche
/ɑ̃.buʃ/		 embouches
/ɑ̃.buʃ/		 embouche
/ɑ̃.buʃ/		 embouchions
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃjɔ̃/		 embouchiez
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃje/		 embouchent
/ɑ̃.buʃ/
imperfect2 embouchasse
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃas/		 embouchasses
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃas/		 embouchât
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃa/		 embouchassions
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃa.sjɔ̃/		 embouchassiez
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃa.sje/		 embouchassent
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — embouche
/ɑ̃.buʃ/		 — embouchons
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃɔ̃/		 embouchez
/ɑ̃.bu.ʃe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

Old French embouchier, from en- +‎ bouche +‎ -ier.

Verb

emboucher

  1. to inform (keep someone informed)

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of emboucher
simple compound
infinitive emboucher avoir embouché
gerund en embouchant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle embouchant
past participle embouché
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present embouche embouches embouche embouchons embouchez embouchent
imperfect embouchois, embouchoys embouchois, embouchoys embouchoit, embouchoyt embouchions, embouchyons embouchiez, embouchyez embouchoient, embouchoyent
past historic emboucha embouchas emboucha embouchasmes embouchastes emboucherent
future emboucherai, emboucheray emboucheras embouchera emboucherons emboucherez emboucheront
conditional emboucherois, emboucheroys emboucherois, emboucheroys emboucheroit, emboucheroyt emboucherions, emboucheryons emboucheriez, emboucheryez emboucheroient, emboucheroyent
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present embouche embouches embouche embouchons embouchez embouchent
imperfect embouchasse embouchasses embouchast embouchassions embouchassiez embouchassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— embouche — embouchons embouchez —

Descendants

References
  • emboucher on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
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