encadrer

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ cadre +‎ -er. See also cadrer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ka.dʁe/ ~ /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁe/

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Verb

encadrer

1. (transitive) to frame

   encadrer votre portrait

   frame your picture

2. (transitive) to surround, outline
3. (transitive) to supervise, overlook
4. (transitive) to create a framework or rules for, to regulate

   Le gouvernement a adopté une nouvelle loi pour encadrer la pratique de la psychothérapie.

   The government has passed a new law creating a regulatory framework for the practice of psychotherapy.

Conjugation

Conjugation of encadrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	encadrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	encadrant /ɑ̃.ka.dʁɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		encadré /ɑ̃.ka.dʁe/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	encadre /ɑ̃.kadʁ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑdʁ/	encadres /ɑ̃.kadʁ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑdʁ/	encadre /ɑ̃.kadʁ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑdʁ/	encadrons /ɑ̃.ka.dʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁɔ̃/	encadrez /ɑ̃.ka.dʁe/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁe/	encadrent /ɑ̃.kadʁ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑdʁ/
	imperfect	encadrais /ɑ̃.ka.dʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁɛ/	encadrais /ɑ̃.ka.dʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁɛ/	encadrait /ɑ̃.ka.dʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁɛ/	encadrions /ɑ̃.ka.dʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁi.jɔ̃/	encadriez /ɑ̃.ka.dʁi.je/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁi.je/	encadraient /ɑ̃.ka.dʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁɛ/
	past historic2	encadrai /ɑ̃.ka.dʁe/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁe/	encadras /ɑ̃.ka.dʁa/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁa/	encadra /ɑ̃.ka.dʁa/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁa/	encadrâmes /ɑ̃.ka.dʁam/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁam/	encadrâtes /ɑ̃.ka.dʁat/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁat/	encadrèrent /ɑ̃.ka.dʁɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁɛʁ/
	future	encadrerai /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.ʁe/	encadreras /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.ʁa/	encadrera /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.ʁa/	encadrerons /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/	encadrerez /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.ʁe/	encadreront /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	encadrerais /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.ʁɛ/	encadrerais /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.ʁɛ/	encadrerait /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.ʁɛ/	encadrerions /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	encadreriez /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.ʁje/	encadreraient /ɑ̃.ka.dʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁə.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	encadre /ɑ̃.kadʁ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑdʁ/	encadres /ɑ̃.kadʁ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑdʁ/	encadre /ɑ̃.kadʁ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑdʁ/	encadrions /ɑ̃.ka.dʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁi.jɔ̃/	encadriez /ɑ̃.ka.dʁi.je/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁi.je/	encadrent /ɑ̃.kadʁ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑdʁ/
	imperfect2	encadrasse /ɑ̃.ka.dʁas/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁas/	encadrasses /ɑ̃.ka.dʁas/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁas/	encadrât /ɑ̃.ka.dʁa/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁa/	encadrassions /ɑ̃.ka.dʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁa.sjɔ̃/	encadrassiez /ɑ̃.ka.dʁa.sje/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁa.sje/	encadrassent /ɑ̃.ka.dʁas/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	encadre /ɑ̃.kadʁ/ or /ɑ̃.kɑdʁ/	—	encadrons /ɑ̃.ka.dʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁɔ̃/	encadrez /ɑ̃.ka.dʁe/ or /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁe/	—
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).

Derived terms

• encadrement
• encadreur

Further reading

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