encroûter
French
Alternative forms
- encrouter (post-1990 spelling)
Etymology
From en- + croûte + -er. Compare incruster.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.kʁu.te/
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Verb
encroûter
- to encrust, crust over
- (reflexive) to crust over, form a crust
- (reflexive) to get into a rut
Conjugation
Conjugation of encroûter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | encroûter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | encroûtant /ɑ̃.kʁu.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | encroûté /ɑ̃.kʁu.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | encroûte /ɑ̃.kʁut/ | encroûtes /ɑ̃.kʁut/ | encroûte /ɑ̃.kʁut/ | encroûtons /ɑ̃.kʁu.tɔ̃/ | encroûtez /ɑ̃.kʁu.te/ | encroûtent /ɑ̃.kʁut/ |
imperfect | encroûtais /ɑ̃.kʁu.tɛ/ | encroûtais /ɑ̃.kʁu.tɛ/ | encroûtait /ɑ̃.kʁu.tɛ/ | encroûtions /ɑ̃.kʁu.tjɔ̃/ | encroûtiez /ɑ̃.kʁu.tje/ | encroûtaient /ɑ̃.kʁu.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | encroûtai /ɑ̃.kʁu.te/ | encroûtas /ɑ̃.kʁu.ta/ | encroûta /ɑ̃.kʁu.ta/ | encroûtâmes /ɑ̃.kʁu.tam/ | encroûtâtes /ɑ̃.kʁu.tat/ | encroûtèrent /ɑ̃.kʁu.tɛʁ/ | |
future | encroûterai /ɑ̃.kʁu.tʁe/ | encroûteras /ɑ̃.kʁu.tʁa/ | encroûtera /ɑ̃.kʁu.tʁa/ | encroûterons /ɑ̃.kʁu.tʁɔ̃/ | encroûterez /ɑ̃.kʁu.tʁe/ | encroûteront /ɑ̃.kʁu.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | encroûterais /ɑ̃.kʁu.tʁɛ/ | encroûterais /ɑ̃.kʁu.tʁɛ/ | encroûterait /ɑ̃.kʁu.tʁɛ/ | encroûterions /ɑ̃.kʁu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | encroûteriez /ɑ̃.kʁu.tə.ʁje/ | encroûteraient /ɑ̃.kʁu.tʁɛ/ | |
(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 | encroûte /ɑ̃.kʁut/ | encroûtes /ɑ̃.kʁut/ | encroûte /ɑ̃.kʁut/ | encroûtions /ɑ̃.kʁu.tjɔ̃/ | encroûtiez /ɑ̃.kʁu.tje/ | encroûtent /ɑ̃.kʁut/ |
imperfect2 | encroûtasse /ɑ̃.kʁu.tas/ | encroûtasses /ɑ̃.kʁu.tas/ | encroûtât /ɑ̃.kʁu.ta/ | encroûtassions /ɑ̃.kʁu.ta.sjɔ̃/ | encroûtassiez /ɑ̃.kʁu.ta.sje/ | encroûtassent /ɑ̃.kʁu.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | encroûte /ɑ̃.kʁut/ | — | encroûtons /ɑ̃.kʁu.tɔ̃/ | encroûtez /ɑ̃.kʁu.te/ | — | |
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). |
Further reading
- “encroûter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.