encorner

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ corne +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.ne/
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Verb

encorner

  1. (transitive) to horn, to ram with the horns
  2. (archaic, colloquial, transitive) to cuckold
    Synonym: cocufier

Conjugation
Conjugation of encorner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple encorner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple encornant
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle encorné
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present encorne
/ɑ̃.kɔʁn/		 encornes
/ɑ̃.kɔʁn/		 encorne
/ɑ̃.kɔʁn/		 encornons
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nɔ̃/		 encornez
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.ne/		 encornent
/ɑ̃.kɔʁn/
imperfect encornais
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nɛ/		 encornais
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nɛ/		 encornait
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nɛ/		 encornions
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.njɔ̃/		 encorniez
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nje/		 encornaient
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nɛ/
past historic2 encornai
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.ne/		 encornas
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.na/		 encorna
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.na/		 encornâmes
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nam/		 encornâtes
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nat/		 encornèrent
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nɛʁ/
future encornerai
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.ʁe/		 encorneras
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.ʁa/		 encornera
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.ʁa/		 encornerons
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/		 encornerez
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.ʁe/		 encorneront
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional encornerais
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 encornerais
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 encornerait
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 encornerions
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 encorneriez
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.ʁje/		 encorneraient
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.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 encorne
/ɑ̃.kɔʁn/		 encornes
/ɑ̃.kɔʁn/		 encorne
/ɑ̃.kɔʁn/		 encornions
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.njɔ̃/		 encorniez
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nje/		 encornent
/ɑ̃.kɔʁn/
imperfect2 encornasse
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nas/		 encornasses
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nas/		 encornât
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.na/		 encornassions
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.na.sjɔ̃/		 encornassiez
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.na.sje/		 encornassent
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — encorne
/ɑ̃.kɔʁn/		 — encornons
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nɔ̃/		 encornez
/ɑ̃.kɔʁ.ne/		 —
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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