encharner

French

Etymology

From Old French charne; cf. charnière.

Pronunciation

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Verb

encharner

1. to hinge

Conjugation

Conjugation of encharner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	encharner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	encharnant /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		encharné /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	encharne /ɑ̃.ʃaʁn/	encharnes /ɑ̃.ʃaʁn/	encharne /ɑ̃.ʃaʁn/	encharnons /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nɔ̃/	encharnez /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.ne/	encharnent /ɑ̃.ʃaʁn/
	imperfect	encharnais /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nɛ/	encharnais /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nɛ/	encharnait /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nɛ/	encharnions /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.njɔ̃/	encharniez /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nje/	encharnaient /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nɛ/
	past historic2	encharnai /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.ne/	encharnas /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.na/	encharna /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.na/	encharnâmes /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nam/	encharnâtes /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nat/	encharnèrent /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nɛʁ/
	future	encharnerai /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nə.ʁe/	encharneras /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nə.ʁa/	encharnera /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nə.ʁa/	encharnerons /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/	encharnerez /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nə.ʁe/	encharneront /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	encharnerais /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	encharnerais /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	encharnerait /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	encharnerions /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	encharneriez /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nə.ʁje/	encharneraient /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.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	encharne /ɑ̃.ʃaʁn/	encharnes /ɑ̃.ʃaʁn/	encharne /ɑ̃.ʃaʁn/	encharnions /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.njɔ̃/	encharniez /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nje/	encharnent /ɑ̃.ʃaʁn/
	imperfect2	encharnasse /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nas/	encharnasses /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nas/	encharnât /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.na/	encharnassions /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.na.sjɔ̃/	encharnassiez /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.na.sje/	encharnassent /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	encharne /ɑ̃.ʃaʁn/	—	encharnons /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.nɔ̃/	encharnez /ɑ̃.ʃaʁ.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).

Further reading

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