encercler

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ cercle +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kle/
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Verb

encercler

  1. (transitive) circle (draw a circle round)
  2. (transitive) ring round, circle round
  3. (transitive) surround, encircle

Conjugation
Conjugation of encercler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple encercler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple encerclant
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle encerclé
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kle/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present encercle
/ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/		 encercles
/ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/		 encercle
/ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/		 encerclons
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɔ̃/		 encerclez
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kle/		 encerclent
/ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/
imperfect encerclais
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɛ/		 encerclais
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɛ/		 encerclait
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɛ/		 encerclions
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kli.jɔ̃/		 encercliez
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kli.je/		 encerclaient
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɛ/
past historic2 encerclai
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kle/		 encerclas
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kla/		 encercla
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kla/		 encerclâmes
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klam/		 encerclâtes
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klat/		 encerclèrent
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɛʁ/
future encerclerai
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁe/		 encercleras
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁa/		 encerclera
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁa/		 encerclerons
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁɔ̃/		 encerclerez
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁe/		 encercleront
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional encerclerais
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁɛ/		 encerclerais
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁɛ/		 encerclerait
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁɛ/		 encerclerions
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁjɔ̃/		 encercleriez
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁje/		 encercleraient
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.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 encercle
/ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/		 encercles
/ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/		 encercle
/ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/		 encerclions
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kli.jɔ̃/		 encercliez
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kli.je/		 encerclent
/ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/
imperfect2 encerclasse
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klas/		 encerclasses
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klas/		 encerclât
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kla/		 encerclassions
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kla.sjɔ̃/		 encerclassiez
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kla.sje/		 encerclassent
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — encercle
/ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/		 — encerclons
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɔ̃/		 encerclez
/ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kle/		 —
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).

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