encourager in French dictionary

  • encourager

    Meanings and definitions of "encourager"

    • Aider à avancer (en termes de connaissances)
    • tenter (quelqu’un)
    • épargner (la vie)
    • donner (de la voix)
    • proposer (du vin)

    Synonyms of "encourager" in French dictionary

    éveiller, éperonner, engager are the top synonyms of "encourager" in the French thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of encourager

    • (Verb) This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written encourage- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.    Conjugation of encourager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
      simple compound
      infinitive encourager avoir encouragé
      gerund en encourageant en ayant encouragé
      present participle encourageant
      past participle encouragé
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simpletenses present encourage encourages encourage encourageons encouragez encouragent
      imperfect encourageais encourageais encourageait encouragions encouragiez encourageaient
      past historic1 encourageai encourageas encouragea encourageâmes encourageâtes encouragèrent
      future encouragerai encourageras encouragera encouragerons encouragerez encourageront
      conditional encouragerais encouragerais encouragerait encouragerions encourageriez encourageraient
      compoundtenses present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
      simpletenses present encourage encourages encourage encouragions encouragiez encouragent
      imperfect1 encourageasse encourageasses encourageât encourageassions encourageassiez encourageassent
      compoundtenses past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — encourage — encourageons encouragez —
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    • This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written encourage- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger. Conjugation of encourager
      simple compound
      infinitive encourager avoir encouragé
      gerund en encourageant en ayant encouragé
      present participle encourageant
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒɑ̃/
      past participle encouragé
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒe/
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simple
      tenses       		present encourage
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ/       		encourages
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ/       		encourage
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ/       		encourageons
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒɔ̃/       		encouragez
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒe/       		encouragent
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ/
      imperfect encourageais
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒɛ/       		encourageais
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒɛ/       		encourageait
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒɛ/       		encouragions
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒjɔ̃/       		encouragiez
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒje/       		encourageaient
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒɛ/
      past historic1 encourageai
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒe/       		encourageas
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒa/       		encouragea
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒa/       		encourageâmes
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒam/       		encourageâtes
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒat/       		encouragèrent
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒɛʁ/
      future encouragerai
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.ʁe/       		encourageras
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.ʁa/       		encouragera
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.ʁa/       		encouragerons
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.ʁɔ̃/       		encouragerez
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.ʁe/       		encourageront
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.ʁɔ̃/
      conditional encouragerais
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/       		encouragerais
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/       		encouragerait
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/       		encouragerions
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/       		encourageriez
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒə.ʁje/       		encourageraient
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.ʁɛ/
      compound
      tenses       		present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
      simple
      tenses       		present encourage
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ/       		encourages
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ/       		encourage
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ/       		encouragions
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒjɔ̃/       		encouragiez
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒje/       		encouragent
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ/
      imperfect1 encourageasse
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒas/       		encourageasses
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒas/       		encourageât
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒa/       		encourageassions
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒa.sjɔ̃/       		encourageassiez
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒa.sje/       		encourageassent
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒas/
      compound
      tenses       		past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — encourage
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ/       		— encourageons
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒɔ̃/       		encouragez
      /ɑ̃.ku.ʁa.ʒe/       		—
      1literary tenses
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