encens

Catalan

Verb

encens

1. second-person singular present indicative form of encendre

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French

Etymology

From Old French encens, borrowed from Late Latin incensum, from Latin incendō.

Noun

encens m (plural encens)

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

Derived terms

• encensement
• encenser
• encenseur
• encensier
• encensoir

Further reading

• “encens” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• incens, ancens, encense, encence, incense

Etymology

From Old French encens, from Late Latin incēnsum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnˈsɛns/, /ənˈsɛns/

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.

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin incēnsum, from Latin incendō.

Noun

encens 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