encens

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ənˈsɛns]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ənˈsəns]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [enˈsens]

Noun

encens m (plural encensos)

1. incense

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ənˈsens]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [enˈsens]

Verb

encens

1. second-person singular present indicative of encendre

References

• “encens” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French encens, borrowed from Late Latin incēnsum, from Latin incendō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.sɑ̃/

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Noun

encens m (plural encens)

1. incense (a perfume often used in the rites of various religions)

Derived terms

• encens d’eau
• encensement
• encenser
• encenseur
• encensier
• encensoir

 

Further reading

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ancens, encense, encence, incens, incense

Etymology

From Old French encens, from Late Latin incēnsum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnˈsɛns/

Noun

encens (plural encenss)

1. incense
2. smoke (especially from incense)

Derived terms

• encensen

Descendants

• English: incense

References

• “encens, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin incēnsum, from Latin incendō.

Noun

encens oblique singular, m (oblique plural encens, nominative singular encens, nominative plural encens)

1. incense (a perfume often used in the rites of various religions)
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page page of this essay:

     on doit suffumiguer le chief de encens avec ung petit de roses

     [the physician] has to infuse the patient's head from below with incense with a few rose petals

Descendants

• English: incense
• French: encens
• Norman: enchens