enfouir
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *infodīre, from Latin in- + fodere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.fwiʁ/
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Verb
enfouir
- (transitive) to bury, to inter (something in the ground)
- Synonym: enterrer
- enfouir un cadavre ― to bury a body
- (transitive, figurative) to bury
- Il enfouit son visage dans ses mains. ― He buried his face in his hands.
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of enfouir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | enfouir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | enfouissant /ɑ̃.fwi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | enfoui /ɑ̃.fwi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | enfouis /ɑ̃.fwi/ |
enfouis /ɑ̃.fwi/ |
enfouit /ɑ̃.fwi/ |
enfouissons /ɑ̃.fwi.sɔ̃/ |
enfouissez /ɑ̃.fwi.se/ |
enfouissent /ɑ̃.fwis/ |
| imperfect | enfouissais /ɑ̃.fwi.sɛ/ |
enfouissais /ɑ̃.fwi.sɛ/ |
enfouissait /ɑ̃.fwi.sɛ/ |
enfouissions /ɑ̃.fwi.sjɔ̃/ |
enfouissiez /ɑ̃.fwi.sje/ |
enfouissaient /ɑ̃.fwi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | enfouis /ɑ̃.fwi/ |
enfouis /ɑ̃.fwi/ |
enfouit /ɑ̃.fwi/ |
enfouîmes /ɑ̃.fwim/ |
enfouîtes /ɑ̃.fwit/ |
enfouirent /ɑ̃.fwiʁ/ | |
| future | enfouirai /ɑ̃.fwi.ʁe/ |
enfouiras /ɑ̃.fwi.ʁa/ |
enfouira /ɑ̃.fwi.ʁa/ |
enfouirons /ɑ̃.fwi.ʁɔ̃/ |
enfouirez /ɑ̃.fwi.ʁe/ |
enfouiront /ɑ̃.fwi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | enfouirais /ɑ̃.fwi.ʁɛ/ |
enfouirais /ɑ̃.fwi.ʁɛ/ |
enfouirait /ɑ̃.fwi.ʁɛ/ |
enfouirions /ɑ̃.fwi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enfouiriez /ɑ̃.fwi.ʁje/ |
enfouiraient /ɑ̃.fwi.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 | enfouisse /ɑ̃.fwis/ |
enfouisses /ɑ̃.fwis/ |
enfouisse /ɑ̃.fwis/ |
enfouissions /ɑ̃.fwi.sjɔ̃/ |
enfouissiez /ɑ̃.fwi.sje/ |
enfouissent /ɑ̃.fwis/ |
| imperfect2 | enfouisse /ɑ̃.fwis/ |
enfouisses /ɑ̃.fwis/ |
enfouît /ɑ̃.fwi/ |
enfouissions /ɑ̃.fwi.sjɔ̃/ |
enfouissiez /ɑ̃.fwi.sje/ |
enfouissent /ɑ̃.fwis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | enfouis /ɑ̃.fwi/ |
— | enfouissons /ɑ̃.fwi.sɔ̃/ |
enfouissez /ɑ̃.fwi.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “enfouir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.