encadrer
French
Etymology
en- + cadre + -er. See also cadrer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ka.dʁe/, /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁe/
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Verb
encadrer
- (transitive) to frame
- encadrer votre portrait
- frame your picture
- (transitive) to surround, outline
- (transitive) to supervise, overlook
- (transitive) to create a framework or rules for, to regulate
- Le gouvernement a adopté une nouvelle loi pour encadrer la pratique de la psychothérapie.
- The government has passed a new law creating a regulatory framework for the practice of psychotherapy.
Conjugation
Conjugation of encadrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | encadrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | encadrant /ɑ̃.ka.dʁɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | encadré /ɑ̃.ka.dʁe/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | encadre /ɑ̃.kadʁ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑdʁ/ | encadres /ɑ̃.kadʁ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑdʁ/ | encadre /ɑ̃.kadʁ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑdʁ/ | encadrons /ɑ̃.ka.dʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁɔ̃/ | encadrez /ɑ̃.ka.dʁe/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁe/ | encadrent /ɑ̃.kadʁ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑdʁ/ |
| imperfect | encadrais /ɑ̃.ka.dʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁɛ/ | encadrais /ɑ̃.ka.dʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁɛ/ | encadrait /ɑ̃.ka.dʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁɛ/ | encadrions /ɑ̃.ka.dʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁi.jɔ̃/ | encadriez /ɑ̃.ka.dʁi.je/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁi.je/ | encadraient /ɑ̃.ka.dʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | encadrai /ɑ̃.ka.dʁe/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁe/ | encadras /ɑ̃.ka.dʁa/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁa/ | encadra /ɑ̃.ka.dʁa/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁa/ | encadrâmes /ɑ̃.ka.dʁam/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁam/ | encadrâtes /ɑ̃.ka.dʁat/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁat/ | encadrèrent /ɑ̃.ka.dʁɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | encadrerai /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.ʁe/ | encadreras /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.ʁa/ | encadrera /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.ʁa/ | encadrerons /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | encadrerez /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.ʁe/ | encadreront /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | encadrerais /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.ʁɛ/ | encadrerais /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.ʁɛ/ | encadrerait /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.ʁɛ/ | encadrerions /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | encadreriez /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.ʁje/ | encadreraient /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.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 | encadre /ɑ̃.kadʁ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑdʁ/ | encadres /ɑ̃.kadʁ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑdʁ/ | encadre /ɑ̃.kadʁ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑdʁ/ | encadrions /ɑ̃.ka.dʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁi.jɔ̃/ | encadriez /ɑ̃.ka.dʁi.je/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁi.je/ | encadrent /ɑ̃.kadʁ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑdʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | encadrasse /ɑ̃.ka.dʁas/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁas/ | encadrasses /ɑ̃.ka.dʁas/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁas/ | encadrât /ɑ̃.ka.dʁa/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁa/ | encadrassions /ɑ̃.ka.dʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁa.sjɔ̃/ | encadrassiez /ɑ̃.ka.dʁa.sje/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁa.sje/ | encadrassent /ɑ̃.ka.dʁas/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | encadre /ɑ̃.kadʁ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑdʁ/ | — | encadrons /ɑ̃.ka.dʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁɔ̃/ | encadrez /ɑ̃.ka.dʁe/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁe/ | — | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- encadrement
- encadreur
Further reading
- “encadrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.