enceindre

French

Etymology

From Latin incingere, present active infinitive of incingō.

Verb

enceindre

1. to surround

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)

		simple			compound
infinitive		enceindre			avoir enceint
gerund		en enceignant			en ayant enceint
present participle		enceignant
past participle		enceint
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	enceins	enceins	enceint	enceignons	enceignez	enceignent
	imperfect	enceignais	enceignais	enceignait	enceignions	enceigniez	enceignaient
	past historic1	enceignis	enceignis	enceignit	enceignîmes	enceignîtes	enceignirent
	future	enceindrai	enceindras	enceindra	enceindrons	enceindrez	enceindront
	conditional	enceindrais	enceindrais	enceindrait	enceindrions	enceindriez	enceindraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	enceigne	enceignes	enceigne	enceignions	enceigniez	enceignent
	imperfect1	enceignisse	enceignisses	enceignît	enceignissions	enceignissiez	enceignissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	enceins	—	enceignons	enceignez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• enceinte