enraciner
French
Etymology
en- + racine + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.ne/
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Verb
enraciner
- (transitive, e.g. of a tree) to root
- (transitive) to cause to take root
- (reflexive, e.g. of a tree) to take root
- (reflexive, e.g. of an immigrant) to settle down
- s'enraciner au bord de la mer ― to settle down by the sea
Conjugation
Conjugation of enraciner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | enraciner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | enracinant /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | enraciné /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | enracine /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/ | enracines /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/ | enracine /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/ | enracinons /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɔ̃/ | enracinez /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.ne/ | enracinent /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/ |
imperfect | enracinais /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɛ/ | enracinais /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɛ/ | enracinait /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɛ/ | enracinions /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.njɔ̃/ | enraciniez /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nje/ | enracinaient /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | enracinai /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.ne/ | enracinas /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.na/ | enracina /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.na/ | enracinâmes /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nam/ | enracinâtes /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nat/ | enracinèrent /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɛʁ/ | |
future | enracinerai /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁe/ | enracineras /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁa/ | enracinera /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁa/ | enracinerons /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁɔ̃/ | enracinerez /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁe/ | enracineront /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | enracinerais /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁɛ/ | enracinerais /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁɛ/ | enracinerait /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁɛ/ | enracinerions /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | enracineriez /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nə.ʁje/ | enracineraient /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.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 | enracine /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/ | enracines /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/ | enracine /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/ | enracinions /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.njɔ̃/ | enraciniez /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nje/ | enracinent /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/ |
imperfect2 | enracinasse /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nas/ | enracinasses /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nas/ | enracinât /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.na/ | enracinassions /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.na.sjɔ̃/ | enracinassiez /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.na.sje/ | enracinassent /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | enracine /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/ | — | enracinons /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɔ̃/ | enracinez /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.ne/ | — | |
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). |
Antonyms
- déraciner
Further reading
- “enraciner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
- anraciner
Etymology
en- + racine + -er.
Verb
enraciner
- to enroot (of a plant, to attach its roots)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of enraciner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | enraciner | avoir enraciné | |||||
gerund | en enracinant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | enracinant | ||||||
past participle | enraciné | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses | present | enracin | enracines | enracine | enracinons | enracinez | enracinent |
imperfect | enracinoie, enracineie, enracinoe, enracineve | enracinoies, enracineies, enracinoes, enracineves | enracinoit, enracineit, enracinot, enracineve | enraciniiens, enraciniens | enraciniiez, enraciniez | enracinoient, enracineient, enracinoent, enracinevent | |
preterite | enracinai | enracinas | enracina | enracinames | enracinastes | enracinerent | |
future | enracinerai | enracineras | enracinera | enracinerons | enracineroiz, enracinereiz, enracinerez | enracineront | |
conditional | enracineroie, enracinereie | enracineroies, enracinereies | enracineroit, enracinereit | enracineriiens, enracineriens | enracineriiez, enracineriez | enracineroient, enracinereient | |
compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses | present | enracin | enracins | enracint | enracinons | enracinez | enracinent |
imperfect | enracinasse | enracinasses | enracinast | enracinissons, enracinissiens | enracinissoiz, enracinissez, enracinissiez | enracinassent | |
compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | enracine | — | enracinons | enracinez | — |
References
- “enraciner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (enraciner, supplement)