envaser

French

Etymology

en- + vase + -er. Compare to Italian invasare, Spanish envasar, Portuguese envazar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.va.ze/ ~ /ɑ̃.vɑ.ze/

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Verb

envaser

1. to silt up

Conjugation

Conjugation of envaser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	envaser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	envasant /ɑ̃.va.zɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		envasé /ɑ̃.va.ze/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	envase /ɑ̃.vaz/ or /ɑ̃.vɑz/	envases /ɑ̃.vaz/ or /ɑ̃.vɑz/	envase /ɑ̃.vaz/ or /ɑ̃.vɑz/	envasons /ɑ̃.va.zɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.zɔ̃/	envasez /ɑ̃.va.ze/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.ze/	envasent /ɑ̃.vaz/ or /ɑ̃.vɑz/
	imperfect	envasais /ɑ̃.va.zɛ/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.zɛ/	envasais /ɑ̃.va.zɛ/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.zɛ/	envasait /ɑ̃.va.zɛ/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.zɛ/	envasions /ɑ̃.va.zjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.zjɔ̃/	envasiez /ɑ̃.va.zje/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.zje/	envasaient /ɑ̃.va.zɛ/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.zɛ/
	past historic2	envasai /ɑ̃.va.ze/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.ze/	envasas /ɑ̃.va.za/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.za/	envasa /ɑ̃.va.za/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.za/	envasâmes /ɑ̃.va.zam/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.zam/	envasâtes /ɑ̃.va.zat/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.zat/	envasèrent /ɑ̃.va.zɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.zɛʁ/
	future	envaserai /ɑ̃.vaz.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.vɑz.ʁe/	envaseras /ɑ̃.vaz.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.vɑz.ʁa/	envasera /ɑ̃.vaz.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.vɑz.ʁa/	envaserons /ɑ̃.vaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.vɑz.ʁɔ̃/	envaserez /ɑ̃.vaz.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.vɑz.ʁe/	envaseront /ɑ̃.vaz.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.vɑz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	envaserais /ɑ̃.vaz.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.vɑz.ʁɛ/	envaserais /ɑ̃.vaz.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.vɑz.ʁɛ/	envaserait /ɑ̃.vaz.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.vɑz.ʁɛ/	envaserions /ɑ̃.va.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	envaseriez /ɑ̃.va.zə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.zə.ʁje/	envaseraient /ɑ̃.vaz.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.vɑz.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	envase /ɑ̃.vaz/ or /ɑ̃.vɑz/	envases /ɑ̃.vaz/ or /ɑ̃.vɑz/	envase /ɑ̃.vaz/ or /ɑ̃.vɑz/	envasions /ɑ̃.va.zjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.zjɔ̃/	envasiez /ɑ̃.va.zje/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.zje/	envasent /ɑ̃.vaz/ or /ɑ̃.vɑz/
	imperfect2	envasasse /ɑ̃.va.zas/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.zas/	envasasses /ɑ̃.va.zas/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.zas/	envasât /ɑ̃.va.za/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.za/	envasassions /ɑ̃.va.za.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.za.sjɔ̃/	envasassiez /ɑ̃.va.za.sje/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.za.sje/	envasassent /ɑ̃.va.zas/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	envase /ɑ̃.vaz/ or /ɑ̃.vɑz/	—	envasons /ɑ̃.va.zɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.zɔ̃/	envasez /ɑ̃.va.ze/ or /ɑ̃.vɑ.ze/	—
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

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