envenimer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French envenimer. By surface analysis, en- +‎ venin +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃v.ni.me/

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• Homophones: envenimai, envenimé, envenimée, envenimées, envenimés, envenimez

Verb

envenimer

1. (transitive) to envenom
2. (transitive, figurative) to aggravate, inflame

   Synonym: aggraver

   N'envenime pas les choses ― Don't mess things up

Conjugation

Conjugation of envenimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	envenimer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	envenimant /ɑ̃v.ni.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		envenimé /ɑ̃v.ni.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	envenime /ɑ̃v.nim/	envenimes /ɑ̃v.nim/	envenime /ɑ̃v.nim/	envenimons /ɑ̃v.ni.mɔ̃/	envenimez /ɑ̃v.ni.me/	enveniment /ɑ̃v.nim/
	imperfect	envenimais /ɑ̃v.ni.mɛ/	envenimais /ɑ̃v.ni.mɛ/	envenimait /ɑ̃v.ni.mɛ/	envenimions /ɑ̃v.ni.mjɔ̃/	envenimiez /ɑ̃v.ni.mje/	envenimaient /ɑ̃v.ni.mɛ/
	past historic2	envenimai /ɑ̃v.ni.me/	envenimas /ɑ̃v.ni.ma/	envenima /ɑ̃v.ni.ma/	envenimâmes /ɑ̃v.ni.mam/	envenimâtes /ɑ̃v.ni.mat/	envenimèrent /ɑ̃v.ni.mɛʁ/
	future	envenimerai /ɑ̃v.nim.ʁe/	envenimeras /ɑ̃v.nim.ʁa/	envenimera /ɑ̃v.nim.ʁa/	envenimerons /ɑ̃v.nim.ʁɔ̃/	envenimerez /ɑ̃v.nim.ʁe/	envenimeront /ɑ̃v.nim.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	envenimerais /ɑ̃v.nim.ʁɛ/	envenimerais /ɑ̃v.nim.ʁɛ/	envenimerait /ɑ̃v.nim.ʁɛ/	envenimerions /ɑ̃v.ni.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	envenimeriez /ɑ̃v.ni.mə.ʁje/	envenimeraient /ɑ̃v.nim.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	envenime /ɑ̃v.nim/	envenimes /ɑ̃v.nim/	envenime /ɑ̃v.nim/	envenimions /ɑ̃v.ni.mjɔ̃/	envenimiez /ɑ̃v.ni.mje/	enveniment /ɑ̃v.nim/
	imperfect2	envenimasse /ɑ̃v.ni.mas/	envenimasses /ɑ̃v.ni.mas/	envenimât /ɑ̃v.ni.ma/	envenimassions /ɑ̃v.ni.ma.sjɔ̃/	envenimassiez /ɑ̃v.ni.ma.sje/	envenimassent /ɑ̃v.ni.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	envenime /ɑ̃v.nim/	—	envenimons /ɑ̃v.ni.mɔ̃/	envenimez /ɑ̃v.ni.me/	—
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

• envenimation

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

Old French envenimer.

Verb

envenimer

1. to envenom; to fill with venom

Descendants

• French: envenimer

Old French

Etymology

First known attestation 1121-35 (see below), from en- +‎ venim +‎ -er.

Verb

envenimer

1. to envenom; to fill with venom
   • 1121-35, Philippe de Thaon, Bestiaire

     En pumers soit munter, pumes envenimer

     It climbs into apple trees and envenoms the apples

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of envenimer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		envenimer			avoir envenimé
gerund		en envenimant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		envenimant
past participle		envenimé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	envenim	envenimes	envenime	envenimons	envenimez	enveniment
	imperfect	envenimoie, envenimeie, envenimoe, envenimeve	envenimoies, envenimeies, envenimoes, envenimeves	envenimoit, envenimeit, envenimot, envenimeve	envenimiiens, envenimiens	envenimiiez, envenimiez	envenimoient, envenimeient, envenimoent, envenimevent
	preterite	envenimai	envenimas	envenima	envenimames	envenimastes	envenimerent
	future	envenimerai	envenimeras	envenimera	envenimerons	envenimeroiz, envenimereiz, envenimerez	envenimeront
	conditional	envenimeroie, envenimereie	envenimeroies, envenimereies	envenimeroit, envenimereit	envenimeriiens, envenimeriens	envenimeriiez, envenimeriez	envenimeroient, envenimereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	envenim	envenins	envenint	envenimons	envenimez	enveniment
	imperfect	envenimasse	envenimasses	envenimast	envenimissons, envenimissiens	envenimissoiz, envenimissez, envenimissiez	envenimassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	envenime	—	envenimons	envenimez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: envenimer
  • French: envenimer