engluer

French

Etymology

From glu (“birdlime”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ɡly.e/

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Verb

engluer

1. to birdlime
2. (reflexive) to get bogged down

Conjugation

Conjugation of engluer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	engluer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	engluant /ɑ̃.ɡly.ɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		englué /ɑ̃.ɡly.e/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	englue /ɑ̃.ɡly/	englues /ɑ̃.ɡly/	englue /ɑ̃.ɡly/	engluons /ɑ̃.ɡly.ɔ̃/	engluez /ɑ̃.ɡly.e/	engluent /ɑ̃.ɡly/
	imperfect	engluais /ɑ̃.ɡly.ɛ/	engluais /ɑ̃.ɡly.ɛ/	engluait /ɑ̃.ɡly.ɛ/	engluions /ɑ̃.ɡly.jɔ̃/	engluiez /ɑ̃.ɡly.je/	engluaient /ɑ̃.ɡly.ɛ/
	past historic2	engluai /ɑ̃.ɡly.e/	engluas /ɑ̃.ɡly.a/	englua /ɑ̃.ɡly.a/	engluâmes /ɑ̃.ɡly.am/	engluâtes /ɑ̃.ɡly.at/	engluèrent /ɑ̃.ɡly.ɛʁ/
	future	engluerai /ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁe/	englueras /ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁa/	engluera /ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁa/	engluerons /ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁɔ̃/	engluerez /ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁe/	englueront /ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	engluerais /ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁɛ/	engluerais /ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁɛ/	engluerait /ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁɛ/	engluerions /ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁjɔ̃/	englueriez /ɑ̃.ɡly.ʁje/	englueraient /ɑ̃.ɡly.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	englue /ɑ̃.ɡly/	englues /ɑ̃.ɡly/	englue /ɑ̃.ɡly/	engluions /ɑ̃.ɡly.jɔ̃/	engluiez /ɑ̃.ɡly.je/	engluent /ɑ̃.ɡly/
	imperfect2	engluasse /ɑ̃.ɡly.as/	engluasses /ɑ̃.ɡly.as/	engluât /ɑ̃.ɡly.a/	engluassions /ɑ̃.ɡly.a.sjɔ̃/	engluassiez /ɑ̃.ɡly.a.sje/	engluassent /ɑ̃.ɡly.as/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	englue /ɑ̃.ɡly/	—	engluons /ɑ̃.ɡly.ɔ̃/	engluez /ɑ̃.ɡly.e/	—
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).

Related terms

• dégluer

Further reading

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