empenner

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ penne +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.pɛ.ne/, /ɑ̃.pe.ne/

• Audio (Lyon, France):

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Verb

empenner

1. (transitive, archery) to fletch (to attach feathers to an arrow)
2. (transitive, dated) to cover with feathers (as in a bird)

Conjugation

Conjugation of empenner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	empenner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	empennant /ɑ̃.pɛ.nɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		empenné /ɑ̃.pɛ.ne/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	empenne /ɑ̃.pɛn/	empennes /ɑ̃.pɛn/	empenne /ɑ̃.pɛn/	empennons /ɑ̃.pɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɔ̃/	empennez /ɑ̃.pɛ.ne/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ne/	empennent /ɑ̃.pɛn/
	imperfect	empennais /ɑ̃.pɛ.nɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɛ/	empennais /ɑ̃.pɛ.nɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɛ/	empennait /ɑ̃.pɛ.nɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɛ/	empennions /ɑ̃.pɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.njɔ̃/	empenniez /ɑ̃.pɛ.nje/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nje/	empennaient /ɑ̃.pɛ.nɛ/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɛ/
	past historic2	empennai /ɑ̃.pɛ.ne/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ne/	empennas /ɑ̃.pɛ.na/ or /ɑ̃.pe.na/	empenna /ɑ̃.pɛ.na/ or /ɑ̃.pe.na/	empennâmes /ɑ̃.pɛ.nam/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nam/	empennâtes /ɑ̃.pɛ.nat/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nat/	empennèrent /ɑ̃.pɛ.nɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɛʁ/
	future	empennerai /ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁe/	empenneras /ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁa/	empennera /ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁa/	empennerons /ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁɔ̃/	empennerez /ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁe/	empenneront /ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	empennerais /ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁɛ/	empennerais /ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁɛ/	empennerait /ɑ̃.pɛn.ʁɛ/	empennerions /ɑ̃.pɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	empenneriez /ɑ̃.pɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nə.ʁje/	empenneraient /ɑ̃.pɛn.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	empenne /ɑ̃.pɛn/	empennes /ɑ̃.pɛn/	empenne /ɑ̃.pɛn/	empennions /ɑ̃.pɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.njɔ̃/	empenniez /ɑ̃.pɛ.nje/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nje/	empennent /ɑ̃.pɛn/
	imperfect2	empennasse /ɑ̃.pɛ.nas/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nas/	empennasses /ɑ̃.pɛ.nas/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nas/	empennât /ɑ̃.pɛ.na/ or /ɑ̃.pe.na/	empennassions /ɑ̃.pɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.na.sjɔ̃/	empennassiez /ɑ̃.pɛ.na.sje/ or /ɑ̃.pe.na.sje/	empennassent /ɑ̃.pɛ.nas/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	empenne /ɑ̃.pɛn/	—	empennons /ɑ̃.pɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.pe.nɔ̃/	empennez /ɑ̃.pɛ.ne/ or /ɑ̃.pe.ne/	—
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).

Further reading

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