enceindre
French
Etymology
From Latin incingere, present active infinitive of incingō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sɛ̃dʁ/
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Verb
enceindre
- to surround
- Synonyms: enclore, entourer, encercler
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like peindre. It uses the same endings as rendre or vendre, but its -nd- becomes -gn- before a vowel, and its past participle ends in 't' instead of a vowel.
Conjugation of enceindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | enceindre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | enceignant /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | enceint /ɑ̃.sɛ̃/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | enceins /ɑ̃.sɛ̃/ | enceins /ɑ̃.sɛ̃/ | enceint /ɑ̃.sɛ̃/ | enceignons /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲɔ̃/ | enceignez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲe/ | enceignent /ɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
| imperfect | enceignais /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ | enceignais /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ | enceignait /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ | enceignions /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲjɔ̃/ | enceigniez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲje/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲje/ | enceignaient /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | enceignis /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲi/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲi/ | enceignis /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲi/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲi/ | enceignit /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲi/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲi/ | enceignîmes /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲim/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲim/ | enceignîtes /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲit/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲit/ | enceignirent /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲiʁ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲiʁ/ | |
| future | enceindrai /ɑ̃.sɛ̃.dʁe/ | enceindras /ɑ̃.sɛ̃.dʁa/ | enceindra /ɑ̃.sɛ̃.dʁa/ | enceindrons /ɑ̃.sɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | enceindrez /ɑ̃.sɛ̃.dʁe/ | enceindront /ɑ̃.sɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | enceindrais /ɑ̃.sɛ̃.dʁɛ/ | enceindrais /ɑ̃.sɛ̃.dʁɛ/ | enceindrait /ɑ̃.sɛ̃.dʁɛ/ | enceindrions /ɑ̃.sɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ | enceindriez /ɑ̃.sɛ̃.dʁi.je/ | enceindraient /ɑ̃.sɛ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | enceigne /ɑ̃.sɛɲ/ | enceignes /ɑ̃.sɛɲ/ | enceigne /ɑ̃.sɛɲ/ | enceignions /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲjɔ̃/ | enceigniez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲje/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲje/ | enceignent /ɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | enceignisse /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲis/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲis/ | enceignisses /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲis/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲis/ | enceignît /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲi/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲi/ | enceignissions /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲi.sjɔ̃/ | enceignissiez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲi.sje/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲi.sje/ | enceignissent /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲis/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | enceins /ɑ̃.sɛ̃/ | — | enceignons /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲɔ̃/ | enceignez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲe/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
- enceinte
Further reading
- “enceindre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.