empocher

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ poche +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃe/

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Verb

empocher

1. (transitive) to pocket (to put something in a pocket)
2. (transitive, informal) to pocket, to rake in, to earn

   empocher la mise ― to scoop the pot

Conjugation

Conjugation of empocher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	empocher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	empochant /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		empoché /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	empoche /ɑ̃.pɔʃ/	empoches /ɑ̃.pɔʃ/	empoche /ɑ̃.pɔʃ/	empochons /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃɔ̃/	empochez /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃe/	empochent /ɑ̃.pɔʃ/
	imperfect	empochais /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃɛ/	empochais /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃɛ/	empochait /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃɛ/	empochions /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃjɔ̃/	empochiez /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃje/	empochaient /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	empochai /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃe/	empochas /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃa/	empocha /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃa/	empochâmes /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃam/	empochâtes /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃat/	empochèrent /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃɛʁ/
	future	empocherai /ɑ̃.pɔʃ.ʁe/	empocheras /ɑ̃.pɔʃ.ʁa/	empochera /ɑ̃.pɔʃ.ʁa/	empocherons /ɑ̃.pɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/	empocherez /ɑ̃.pɔʃ.ʁe/	empocheront /ɑ̃.pɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	empocherais /ɑ̃.pɔʃ.ʁɛ/	empocherais /ɑ̃.pɔʃ.ʁɛ/	empocherait /ɑ̃.pɔʃ.ʁɛ/	empocherions /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	empocheriez /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃə.ʁje/	empocheraient /ɑ̃.pɔʃ.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	empoche /ɑ̃.pɔʃ/	empoches /ɑ̃.pɔʃ/	empoche /ɑ̃.pɔʃ/	empochions /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃjɔ̃/	empochiez /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃje/	empochent /ɑ̃.pɔʃ/
	imperfect2	empochasse /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃas/	empochasses /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃas/	empochât /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃa/	empochassions /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	empochassiez /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃa.sje/	empochassent /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	empoche /ɑ̃.pɔʃ/	—	empochons /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃɔ̃/	empochez /ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃe/	—
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).

See also

• s'en mettre plein les poches

Further reading

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