embaumer

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ baume (“balm”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.bo.me/

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Verb

embaumer

1. to embalm
2. to fill with fragrance

Conjugation

Conjugation of embaumer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	embaumer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	embaumant /ɑ̃.bo.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		embaumé /ɑ̃.bo.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	embaume /ɑ̃.bom/	embaumes /ɑ̃.bom/	embaume /ɑ̃.bom/	embaumons /ɑ̃.bo.mɔ̃/	embaumez /ɑ̃.bo.me/	embaument /ɑ̃.bom/
	imperfect	embaumais /ɑ̃.bo.mɛ/	embaumais /ɑ̃.bo.mɛ/	embaumait /ɑ̃.bo.mɛ/	embaumions /ɑ̃.bo.mjɔ̃/	embaumiez /ɑ̃.bo.mje/	embaumaient /ɑ̃.bo.mɛ/
	past historic2	embaumai /ɑ̃.bo.me/	embaumas /ɑ̃.bo.ma/	embauma /ɑ̃.bo.ma/	embaumâmes /ɑ̃.bo.mam/	embaumâtes /ɑ̃.bo.mat/	embaumèrent /ɑ̃.bo.mɛʁ/
	future	embaumerai /ɑ̃.bom.ʁe/	embaumeras /ɑ̃.bom.ʁa/	embaumera /ɑ̃.bom.ʁa/	embaumerons /ɑ̃.bom.ʁɔ̃/	embaumerez /ɑ̃.bom.ʁe/	embaumeront /ɑ̃.bom.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	embaumerais /ɑ̃.bom.ʁɛ/	embaumerais /ɑ̃.bom.ʁɛ/	embaumerait /ɑ̃.bom.ʁɛ/	embaumerions /ɑ̃.bo.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	embaumeriez /ɑ̃.bo.mə.ʁje/	embaumeraient /ɑ̃.bom.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	embaume /ɑ̃.bom/	embaumes /ɑ̃.bom/	embaume /ɑ̃.bom/	embaumions /ɑ̃.bo.mjɔ̃/	embaumiez /ɑ̃.bo.mje/	embaument /ɑ̃.bom/
	imperfect2	embaumasse /ɑ̃.bo.mas/	embaumasses /ɑ̃.bo.mas/	embaumât /ɑ̃.bo.ma/	embaumassions /ɑ̃.bo.ma.sjɔ̃/	embaumassiez /ɑ̃.bo.ma.sje/	embaumassent /ɑ̃.bo.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	embaume /ɑ̃.bom/	—	embaumons /ɑ̃.bo.mɔ̃/	embaumez /ɑ̃.bo.me/	—
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

• embaumement

Further reading

• “embaumer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012