embouteiller

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ bouteille +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.je/, /ɑ̃.bu.te.je/
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Verb

embouteiller

  1. to bottle, to bottle up, to put into bottles
    Synonym: mettre en bouteille
  2. (of traffic) to back up
    Synonym: bouchonner

Conjugation
Conjugation of embouteiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple embouteiller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple embouteillant
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle embouteillé
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present embouteille
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/		 embouteilles
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/		 embouteille
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/		 embouteillons
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɔ̃/		 embouteillez
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.je/		 embouteillent
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/
imperfect embouteillais
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɛ/		 embouteillais
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɛ/		 embouteillait
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɛ/		 embouteillions
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.jɔ̃/		 embouteilliez
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.je/		 embouteillaient
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɛ/
past historic2 embouteillai
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.je/		 embouteillas
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.ja/		 embouteilla
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.ja/		 embouteillâmes
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jam/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jam/		 embouteillâtes
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jat/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jat/		 embouteillèrent
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɛʁ/
future embouteillerai
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁe/		 embouteilleras
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁa/		 embouteillera
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁa/		 embouteillerons
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁɔ̃/		 embouteillerez
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁe/		 embouteilleront
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁɔ̃/
conditional embouteillerais
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁɛ/		 embouteillerais
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁɛ/		 embouteillerait
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.ʁɛ/		 embouteillerions
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jə.ʁjɔ̃/		 embouteilleriez
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jə.ʁje/		 embouteilleraient
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.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 embouteille
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/		 embouteilles
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/		 embouteille
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/		 embouteillions
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.jɔ̃/		 embouteilliez
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛj.je/		 embouteillent
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/
imperfect2 embouteillasse
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jas/		 embouteillasses
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jas/		 embouteillât
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.ja/		 embouteillassions
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.ja.sjɔ̃/		 embouteillassiez
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.ja.sje/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.ja.sje/		 embouteillassent
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — embouteille
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛj/		 — embouteillons
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.jɔ̃/		 embouteillez
/ɑ̃.bu.tɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.bu.te.je/		 —
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).

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