enlacer
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
enlacer
- to wrap around, to embrace
- (reflexive) to wrap around each other, to intertwine
Conjugation
This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.
Conjugation of enlacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | enlacer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | enlaçant /ɑ̃.la.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | enlacé /ɑ̃.la.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | enlace /ɑ̃.las/ | enlaces /ɑ̃.las/ | enlace /ɑ̃.las/ | enlaçons /ɑ̃.la.sɔ̃/ | enlacez /ɑ̃.la.se/ | enlacent /ɑ̃.las/ |
imperfect | enlaçais /ɑ̃.la.sɛ/ | enlaçais /ɑ̃.la.sɛ/ | enlaçait /ɑ̃.la.sɛ/ | enlacions /ɑ̃.la.sjɔ̃/ | enlaciez /ɑ̃.la.sje/ | enlaçaient /ɑ̃.la.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | enlaçai /ɑ̃.la.se/ | enlaças /ɑ̃.la.sa/ | enlaça /ɑ̃.la.sa/ | enlaçâmes /ɑ̃.la.sam/ | enlaçâtes /ɑ̃.la.sat/ | enlacèrent /ɑ̃.la.sɛʁ/ | |
future | enlacerai /ɑ̃.la.sʁe/ | enlaceras /ɑ̃.la.sʁa/ | enlacera /ɑ̃.la.sʁa/ | enlacerons /ɑ̃.la.sʁɔ̃/ | enlacerez /ɑ̃.la.sʁe/ | enlaceront /ɑ̃.la.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | enlacerais /ɑ̃.la.sʁɛ/ | enlacerais /ɑ̃.la.sʁɛ/ | enlacerait /ɑ̃.la.sʁɛ/ | enlacerions /ɑ̃.la.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | enlaceriez /ɑ̃.la.sə.ʁje/ | enlaceraient /ɑ̃.la.sʁɛ/ | |
(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 | enlace /ɑ̃.las/ | enlaces /ɑ̃.las/ | enlace /ɑ̃.las/ | enlacions /ɑ̃.la.sjɔ̃/ | enlaciez /ɑ̃.la.sje/ | enlacent /ɑ̃.las/ |
imperfect2 | enlaçasse /ɑ̃.la.sas/ | enlaçasses /ɑ̃.la.sas/ | enlaçât /ɑ̃.la.sa/ | enlaçassions /ɑ̃.la.sa.sjɔ̃/ | enlaçassiez /ɑ̃.la.sa.sje/ | enlaçassent /ɑ̃.la.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | enlace /ɑ̃.las/ | — | enlaçons /ɑ̃.la.sɔ̃/ | enlacez /ɑ̃.la.se/ | — | |
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
- “enlacer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.