encastrer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian incastrare, from Latin castrum (“fortress”). Unrelated to French castrer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.kas.tʁe/

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Verb

encastrer

1. to embed
2. to fit in, slot in etc.

Conjugation

Conjugation of encastrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	encastrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	encastrant /ɑ̃.kas.tʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		encastré /ɑ̃.kas.tʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	encastre /ɑ̃.kastʁ/	encastres /ɑ̃.kastʁ/	encastre /ɑ̃.kastʁ/	encastrons /ɑ̃.kas.tʁɔ̃/	encastrez /ɑ̃.kas.tʁe/	encastrent /ɑ̃.kastʁ/
	imperfect	encastrais /ɑ̃.kas.tʁɛ/	encastrais /ɑ̃.kas.tʁɛ/	encastrait /ɑ̃.kas.tʁɛ/	encastrions /ɑ̃.kas.tʁi.jɔ̃/	encastriez /ɑ̃.kas.tʁi.je/	encastraient /ɑ̃.kas.tʁɛ/
	past historic2	encastrai /ɑ̃.kas.tʁe/	encastras /ɑ̃.kas.tʁa/	encastra /ɑ̃.kas.tʁa/	encastrâmes /ɑ̃.kas.tʁam/	encastrâtes /ɑ̃.kas.tʁat/	encastrèrent /ɑ̃.kas.tʁɛʁ/
	future	encastrerai /ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.ʁe/	encastreras /ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.ʁa/	encastrera /ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.ʁa/	encastrerons /ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/	encastrerez /ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.ʁe/	encastreront /ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	encastrerais /ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.ʁɛ/	encastrerais /ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.ʁɛ/	encastrerait /ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.ʁɛ/	encastrerions /ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	encastreriez /ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.ʁje/	encastreraient /ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.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	encastre /ɑ̃.kastʁ/	encastres /ɑ̃.kastʁ/	encastre /ɑ̃.kastʁ/	encastrions /ɑ̃.kas.tʁi.jɔ̃/	encastriez /ɑ̃.kas.tʁi.je/	encastrent /ɑ̃.kastʁ/
	imperfect2	encastrasse /ɑ̃.kas.tʁas/	encastrasses /ɑ̃.kas.tʁas/	encastrât /ɑ̃.kas.tʁa/	encastrassions /ɑ̃.kas.tʁa.sjɔ̃/	encastrassiez /ɑ̃.kas.tʁa.sje/	encastrassent /ɑ̃.kas.tʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	encastre /ɑ̃.kastʁ/	—	encastrons /ɑ̃.kas.tʁɔ̃/	encastrez /ɑ̃.kas.tʁe/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• encastrement

Further reading

• “encastrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.