enjouer

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ʒwe/

Etymology 1

From en- ‎ jouer (“to play”).

Verb

enjouer

(transitive, dated) to render playful, put some playfulness into (something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of enjouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir past participle
infinitive	simple	enjouer
present participle or gerund¹	simple	enjouant /ɑ̃.ʒwɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant past participle
past participle		enjoué /ɑ̃.ʒwe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enjoue /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjoues /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjoue /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjouons /ɑ̃.ʒwɔ̃/	enjouez /ɑ̃.ʒwe/	enjouent /ɑ̃.ʒu/
	imperfect	enjouais /ɑ̃.ʒwɛ/	enjouais /ɑ̃.ʒwɛ/	enjouait /ɑ̃.ʒwɛ/	enjouions /ɑ̃.ʒu.jɔ̃/	enjouiez /ɑ̃.ʒu.je/	enjouaient /ɑ̃.ʒwɛ/
	past historic²	enjouai /ɑ̃.ʒwe/	enjouas /ɑ̃.ʒwa/	enjoua /ɑ̃.ʒwa/	enjouâmes /ɑ̃.ʒwam/	enjouâtes /ɑ̃.ʒwat/	enjouèrent /ɑ̃.ʒwɛʁ/
	future	enjouerai /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁe/	enjoueras /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁa/	enjouera /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁa/	enjouerons /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɔ̃/	enjouerez /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁe/	enjoueront /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enjouerais /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɛ/	enjouerais /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɛ/	enjouerait /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɛ/	enjouerions /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁjɔ̃/	enjoueriez /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁje/	enjoueraient /ɑ̃.ʒu.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	enjoue /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjoues /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjoue /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjouions /ɑ̃.ʒu.jɔ̃/	enjouiez /ɑ̃.ʒu.je/	enjouent /ɑ̃.ʒu/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	enjouasse /ɑ̃.ʒwas/	enjouasses /ɑ̃.ʒwas/	enjouât /ɑ̃.ʒwa/	enjouassions /ɑ̃.ʒwa.sjɔ̃/	enjouassiez /ɑ̃.ʒwa.sje/	enjouassent /ɑ̃.ʒwas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	enjoue /ɑ̃.ʒu/	—	enjouons /ɑ̃.ʒwɔ̃/	enjouez /ɑ̃.ʒwe/	—
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).

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From en- ‎ joue (“cheek (on which one presses his firearm in order to aim)”) ‎ -er.

Verb

enjouer

to aim a rifle
Synonyms: mettre en joue, viser

Conjugation

Conjugation of enjouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir past participle
infinitive	simple	enjouer
present participle or gerund¹	simple	enjouant /ɑ̃.ʒwɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant past participle
past participle		enjoué /ɑ̃.ʒwe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enjoue /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjoues /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjoue /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjouons /ɑ̃.ʒwɔ̃/	enjouez /ɑ̃.ʒwe/	enjouent /ɑ̃.ʒu/
	imperfect	enjouais /ɑ̃.ʒwɛ/	enjouais /ɑ̃.ʒwɛ/	enjouait /ɑ̃.ʒwɛ/	enjouions /ɑ̃.ʒu.jɔ̃/	enjouiez /ɑ̃.ʒu.je/	enjouaient /ɑ̃.ʒwɛ/
	past historic²	enjouai /ɑ̃.ʒwe/	enjouas /ɑ̃.ʒwa/	enjoua /ɑ̃.ʒwa/	enjouâmes /ɑ̃.ʒwam/	enjouâtes /ɑ̃.ʒwat/	enjouèrent /ɑ̃.ʒwɛʁ/
	future	enjouerai /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁe/	enjoueras /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁa/	enjouera /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁa/	enjouerons /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɔ̃/	enjouerez /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁe/	enjoueront /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enjouerais /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɛ/	enjouerais /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɛ/	enjouerait /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁɛ/	enjouerions /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁjɔ̃/	enjoueriez /ɑ̃.ʒu.ʁje/	enjoueraient /ɑ̃.ʒu.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	enjoue /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjoues /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjoue /ɑ̃.ʒu/	enjouions /ɑ̃.ʒu.jɔ̃/	enjouiez /ɑ̃.ʒu.je/	enjouent /ɑ̃.ʒu/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	enjouasse /ɑ̃.ʒwas/	enjouasses /ɑ̃.ʒwas/	enjouât /ɑ̃.ʒwa/	enjouassions /ɑ̃.ʒwa.sjɔ̃/	enjouassiez /ɑ̃.ʒwa.sje/	enjouassent /ɑ̃.ʒwas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	enjoue /ɑ̃.ʒu/	—	enjouons /ɑ̃.ʒwɔ̃/	enjouez /ɑ̃.ʒwe/	—
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).

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