embarrasser
English
Etymology
Etymology tree
Noun
embarrasser (plural embarrassers)
- One who embarrasses (someone or something).
- 1884 June 12, “Massimo d’Azeglio’s Letters to His Nephew”, in The Nation: A Weekly Journal Devoted to Politics, Literature, Science, & Art, volume XXXVIII, number 989, New York, N.Y.: The Evening Post Publishing Company, page 509, column 2:
- Then, all these embarrassers of my ministry and I are hardly made to pull together, so that I thanked him for the high honor, placing myself at the disposal of the Cabinet for anything else.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish embarazar.
Pronunciation
Verb
embarrasser
Conjugation
Conjugation of embarrasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | embarrasser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | embarrassant /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | embarrassé /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | embarrasse /ɑ̃.ba.ʁas/ |
embarrasses /ɑ̃.ba.ʁas/ |
embarrasse /ɑ̃.ba.ʁas/ |
embarrassons /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sɔ̃/ |
embarrassez /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.se/ |
embarrassent /ɑ̃.ba.ʁas/ |
| imperfect | embarrassais /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sɛ/ |
embarrassais /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sɛ/ |
embarrassait /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sɛ/ |
embarrassions /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
embarrassiez /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sje/ |
embarrassaient /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | embarrassai /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.se/ |
embarrassas /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sa/ |
embarrassa /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sa/ |
embarrassâmes /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sam/ |
embarrassâtes /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sat/ |
embarrassèrent /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | embarrasserai /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sʁe/ |
embarrasseras /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sʁa/ |
embarrassera /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sʁa/ |
embarrasserons /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sʁɔ̃/ |
embarrasserez /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sʁe/ |
embarrasseront /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | embarrasserais /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sʁɛ/ |
embarrasserais /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sʁɛ/ |
embarrasserait /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sʁɛ/ |
embarrasserions /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
embarrasseriez /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sə.ʁje/ |
embarrasseraient /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | embarrasse /ɑ̃.ba.ʁas/ |
embarrasses /ɑ̃.ba.ʁas/ |
embarrasse /ɑ̃.ba.ʁas/ |
embarrassions /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
embarrassiez /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sje/ |
embarrassent /ɑ̃.ba.ʁas/ |
| imperfect2 | embarrassasse /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sas/ |
embarrassasses /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sas/ |
embarrassât /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sa/ |
embarrassassions /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
embarrassassiez /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sa.sje/ |
embarrassassent /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | embarrasse /ɑ̃.ba.ʁas/ |
— | embarrassons /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sɔ̃/ |
embarrassez /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.se/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “embarrasser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012