enrouler

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ rouler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ʁu.le/

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Verb

enrouler

1. to wind, curl (around)
   • 2010 December, Carnets de Voyages‎^[1]:

     Il a fixé la lampe torche avec un morceaux de chambre à air découpé en lanière, et l’a enroulé autour de la tête.

     He tied the flashlight with a piece of inner tube cut from a strap and wrapped it around the head.

2. (graphical user interface) to hide (to remove from display)
3. (informal) to make out with, to score with, to get off with (to kiss someone)

   Synonym: emballer

Conjugation

Conjugation of enrouler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	enrouler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	enroulant /ɑ̃.ʁu.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enroulé /ɑ̃.ʁu.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enroule /ɑ̃.ʁul/	enroules /ɑ̃.ʁul/	enroule /ɑ̃.ʁul/	enroulons /ɑ̃.ʁu.lɔ̃/	enroulez /ɑ̃.ʁu.le/	enroulent /ɑ̃.ʁul/
	imperfect	enroulais /ɑ̃.ʁu.lɛ/	enroulais /ɑ̃.ʁu.lɛ/	enroulait /ɑ̃.ʁu.lɛ/	enroulions /ɑ̃.ʁu.ljɔ̃/	enrouliez /ɑ̃.ʁu.lje/	enroulaient /ɑ̃.ʁu.lɛ/
	past historic2	enroulai /ɑ̃.ʁu.le/	enroulas /ɑ̃.ʁu.la/	enroula /ɑ̃.ʁu.la/	enroulâmes /ɑ̃.ʁu.lam/	enroulâtes /ɑ̃.ʁu.lat/	enroulèrent /ɑ̃.ʁu.lɛʁ/
	future	enroulerai /ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁe/	enrouleras /ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁa/	enroulera /ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁa/	enroulerons /ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁɔ̃/	enroulerez /ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁe/	enrouleront /ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enroulerais /ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁɛ/	enroulerais /ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁɛ/	enroulerait /ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁɛ/	enroulerions /ɑ̃.ʁu.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	enrouleriez /ɑ̃.ʁu.lə.ʁje/	enrouleraient /ɑ̃.ʁul.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	enroule /ɑ̃.ʁul/	enroules /ɑ̃.ʁul/	enroule /ɑ̃.ʁul/	enroulions /ɑ̃.ʁu.ljɔ̃/	enrouliez /ɑ̃.ʁu.lje/	enroulent /ɑ̃.ʁul/
	imperfect2	enroulasse /ɑ̃.ʁu.las/	enroulasses /ɑ̃.ʁu.las/	enroulât /ɑ̃.ʁu.la/	enroulassions /ɑ̃.ʁu.la.sjɔ̃/	enroulassiez /ɑ̃.ʁu.la.sje/	enroulassent /ɑ̃.ʁu.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	enroule /ɑ̃.ʁul/	—	enroulons /ɑ̃.ʁu.lɔ̃/	enroulez /ɑ̃.ʁu.le/	—
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

• enroulement

Further reading

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