envahissez

Envahissez is a conjugated form of the French verb envahir. It is used as the second-person plural in the present indicative (you invade) and as the imperative mood (invade, you all). In ordinary usage, envahir refers to entering by force or occupation, and can also be employed in a figurative sense to describe something that overtakes or overwhelms a space, a group, or a mood.

Etymology and origins: envahir derives from Old French envahir, itself from Latin invādēre, with the French prefix en- added to indicate a going into something. The word has retained the core sense of entering or overrunning, which broadened to metaphorical meanings in modern French.

Usage notes: In contemporary French, envahir can describe literal invasions by military forces or occupation of territory, as in "les armées envahissent le pays." It is also commonly used metaphorically, such as "la peur envahit la foule" or "la curiosité envahit l’auditoire," to indicate something spreading quickly or dominating a space or attention.

Conjugation highlights: The present tense forms include j’envahis, tu envahis, il/elle envahit, nous envahissons, vous envahissez, ils/elles envahissent. The imperative form for the second person plural is Envahissez!. The stem in the present tense for vous is envahiss- before the usual endings.

See also: envahir, invasion, invasion linguistics.