empâter

French

Etymology

em- +‎ pâte (“paste”) +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.pɑ.te/

Verb

empâter

  1. (transitive) to coat, enrobe
  2. (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to thicken
  3. (transitive) to puff up
  4. (figuratively) to nourish
    Synonym: nourrir
  5. (takes a reflexive pronoun, figuratively) to fill out, to get fat
    Synonym: grossir
    Il s'était considérablement empâté depuis notre dernière rencontre.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation
Conjugation of empâter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle empâtant
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tɑ̃/
past participle empâté
/ɑ̃.pɑ.te/
infinitive
simple empâter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple empâtant
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tɑ̃/
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 empâte
/ɑ̃.pɑt/		 empâtes
/ɑ̃.pɑt/		 empâte
/ɑ̃.pɑt/		 empâtons
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tɔ̃/		 empâtez
/ɑ̃.pɑ.te/		 empâtent
/ɑ̃.pɑt/
imperfect empâtais
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tɛ/		 empâtais
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tɛ/		 empâtait
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tɛ/		 empâtions
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tjɔ̃/		 empâtiez
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tje/		 empâtaient
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tɛ/
past historic2 empâtai
/ɑ̃.pɑ.te/		 empâtas
/ɑ̃.pɑ.ta/		 empâta
/ɑ̃.pɑ.ta/		 empâtâmes
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tam/		 empâtâtes
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tat/		 empâtèrent
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tɛʁ/
future empâterai
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁe/		 empâteras
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁa/		 empâtera
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁa/		 empâterons
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁɔ̃/		 empâterez
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁe/		 empâteront
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional empâterais
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁɛ/		 empâterais
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁɛ/		 empâterait
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁɛ/		 empâterions
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 empâteriez
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tə.ʁje/		 empâteraient
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tʁɛ/
(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 empâte
/ɑ̃.pɑt/		 empâtes
/ɑ̃.pɑt/		 empâte
/ɑ̃.pɑt/		 empâtions
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tjɔ̃/		 empâtiez
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tje/		 empâtent
/ɑ̃.pɑt/
imperfect2 empâtasse
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tas/		 empâtasses
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tas/		 empâtât
/ɑ̃.pɑ.ta/		 empâtassions
/ɑ̃.pɑ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 empâtassiez
/ɑ̃.pɑ.ta.sje/		 empâtassent
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — empâte
/ɑ̃.pɑt/		 — empâtons
/ɑ̃.pɑ.tɔ̃/		 empâtez
/ɑ̃.pɑ.te/		 —
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).

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