Emprunte

Emprunte is the third-person singular present indicative form of the French verb emprunter, meaning to borrow. It is used with subjects such as il, elle or on to indicate that someone borrows something from someone else. Emprunter is a transitive verb and is used in constructions like emprunter quelque chose à quelqu’un ("to borrow something from someone") or emprunter à quelqu’un. Examples include: Il emprunte de l’argent à ses amis; Elle emprunte un livre à la bibliothèque; On emprunte parfois des outils chez le voisin. The verb’s full present-tense paradigm includes: je j’emprunte, tu empruntes, il emprunte, nous empruntons, vous empruntez, ils empruntent.

Emprunte itself is not a noun; the related noun is emprunt, which means a loan or borrowing. In linguistics, emprunt is used to refer to a loanword—an element borrowed from another language. For example, Le mot weekend est un emprunt anglais en français. The past participle emprunté is used to form compound tenses and as an adjective meaning borrowed. Derivatives include emprunteur (the borrower) and emprunteuse (the female borrower). These terms are distinct from the verb form emprunte, which remains a conjugated verb rather than a standalone noun.

In usage, emprunte and its related forms appear in everyday French, literature, and formal writing. The concept of borrowing, whether physical or linguistic, is typically conveyed with emprunter or emprunt, while emprunte serves as the present-tense form used with third-person subjects.