encenser
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin incēnsāre. By surface analysis, encens + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.se/
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Verb
encenser
- (transitive) to cense, to incense
- (transitive, figuratively) to acclaim, to sing the praises of
- Synonym: porter aux nues
- un écrivain encensé par la critique ― a writer acclaimed by critics
Conjugation
Conjugation of encenser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | encenser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | encensant /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | encensé /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | encense /ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/ |
encenses /ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/ |
encense /ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/ |
encensons /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
encensez /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.se/ |
encensent /ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | encensais /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɛ/ |
encensais /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɛ/ |
encensait /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɛ/ |
encensions /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
encensiez /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sje/ |
encensaient /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | encensai /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.se/ |
encensas /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sa/ |
encensa /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sa/ |
encensâmes /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sam/ |
encensâtes /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sat/ |
encensèrent /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | encenserai /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁe/ |
encenseras /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁa/ |
encensera /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁa/ |
encenserons /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
encenserez /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁe/ |
encenseront /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | encenserais /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
encenserais /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
encenserait /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
encenserions /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
encenseriez /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
encenseraient /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.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 | encense /ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/ |
encenses /ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/ |
encense /ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/ |
encensions /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
encensiez /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sje/ |
encensent /ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect2 | encensasse /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sas/ |
encensasses /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sas/ |
encensât /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sa/ |
encensassions /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
encensassiez /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sa.sje/ |
encensassent /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | encense /ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/ |
— | encensons /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
encensez /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.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
- “encenser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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