imbiber
English
Etymology
Noun
imbiber (plural imbibers)
French
Etymology
From Old French, borrowed from Latin imbibere, present active infinitive of imbibō, from in- + bibō (“I drink”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.bi.be/
Verb
imbiber
Conjugation
Conjugation of imbiber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | imbiber | avoir imbibé | |||||
| gerund | en imbibant | en ayant imbibé | |||||
| present participle | imbibant /ɛ̃.bi.bɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | imbibé /ɛ̃.bi.be/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | imbibe /ɛ̃.bib/ |
imbibes /ɛ̃.bib/ |
imbibe /ɛ̃.bib/ |
imbibons /ɛ̃.bi.bɔ̃/ |
imbibez /ɛ̃.bi.be/ |
imbibent /ɛ̃.bib/ |
| imperfect | imbibais /ɛ̃.bi.bɛ/ |
imbibais /ɛ̃.bi.bɛ/ |
imbibait /ɛ̃.bi.bɛ/ |
imbibions /ɛ̃.bi.bjɔ̃/ |
imbibiez /ɛ̃.bi.bje/ |
imbibaient /ɛ̃.bi.bɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | imbibai /ɛ̃.bi.be/ |
imbibas /ɛ̃.bi.ba/ |
imbiba /ɛ̃.bi.ba/ |
imbibâmes /ɛ̃.bi.bam/ |
imbibâtes /ɛ̃.bi.bat/ |
imbibèrent /ɛ̃.bi.bɛʁ/ | |
| future | imbiberai /ɛ̃.bi.bʁe/ |
imbiberas /ɛ̃.bi.bʁa/ |
imbibera /ɛ̃.bi.bʁa/ |
imbiberons /ɛ̃.bi.bʁɔ̃/ |
imbiberez /ɛ̃.bi.bʁe/ |
imbiberont /ɛ̃.bi.bʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | imbiberais /ɛ̃.bi.bʁɛ/ |
imbiberais /ɛ̃.bi.bʁɛ/ |
imbiberait /ɛ̃.bi.bʁɛ/ |
imbiberions /ɛ̃.bi.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
imbiberiez /ɛ̃.bi.bə.ʁje/ |
imbiberaient /ɛ̃.bi.bʁɛ/ | |
| 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 anterior1 | 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | imbibe /ɛ̃.bib/ |
imbibes /ɛ̃.bib/ |
imbibe /ɛ̃.bib/ |
imbibions /ɛ̃.bi.bjɔ̃/ |
imbibiez /ɛ̃.bi.bje/ |
imbibent /ɛ̃.bib/ |
| imperfect1 | imbibasse /ɛ̃.bi.bas/ |
imbibasses /ɛ̃.bi.bas/ |
imbibât /ɛ̃.bi.ba/ |
imbibassions /ɛ̃.bi.ba.sjɔ̃/ |
imbibassiez /ɛ̃.bi.ba.sje/ |
imbibassent /ɛ̃.bi.bas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | imbibe /ɛ̃.bib/ |
— | imbibons /ɛ̃.bi.bɔ̃/ |
imbibez /ɛ̃.bi.be/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Further reading
- “imbiber” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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