ensoleiller

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ soleil +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
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Verb

ensoleiller

  1. to fill with light, to brighten, to illuminate

Conjugation
Conjugation of ensoleiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ensoleiller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ensoleillant
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ensoleillé
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present ensoleille
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/		 ensoleilles
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/		 ensoleille
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/		 ensoleillons
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɔ̃/		 ensoleillez
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.je/		 ensoleillent
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/
imperfect ensoleillais
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɛ/		 ensoleillais
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɛ/		 ensoleillait
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɛ/		 ensoleillions
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.jɔ̃/		 ensoleilliez
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.je/		 ensoleillaient
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɛ/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɛ/
past historic2 ensoleillai
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.je/		 ensoleillas
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.ja/		 ensoleilla
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.ja/		 ensoleillâmes
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jam/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jam/		 ensoleillâtes
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jat/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jat/		 ensoleillèrent
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɛʁ/
future ensoleillerai
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁe/		 ensoleilleras
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁa/		 ensoleillera
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁa/		 ensoleillerons
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁɔ̃/		 ensoleillerez
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁe/		 ensoleilleront
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁɔ̃/
conditional ensoleillerais
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁɛ/		 ensoleillerais
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁɛ/		 ensoleillerait
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.ʁɛ/		 ensoleillerions
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jə.ʁjɔ̃/		 ensoleilleriez
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jə.ʁje/		 ensoleilleraient
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.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 ensoleille
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/		 ensoleilles
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/		 ensoleille
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/		 ensoleillions
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.jɔ̃/		 ensoleilliez
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj.je/		 ensoleillent
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/
imperfect2 ensoleillasse
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jas/		 ensoleillasses
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jas/		 ensoleillât
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.ja/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.ja/		 ensoleillassions
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.ja.sjɔ̃/		 ensoleillassiez
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.ja.sje/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.ja.sje/		 ensoleillassent
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jas/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ensoleille
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛj/		 — ensoleillons
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.jɔ̃/		 ensoleillez
/ɑ̃.sɔ.lɛ.je/ or /ɑ̃.sɔ.le.je/		 —
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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