enceindre

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin incingere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.sɛ̃dʁ/

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Verb

enceindre

1. 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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: 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).

Related terms

• enceinte

Further reading

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