enferrer

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ ferrer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁe/, /ɑ̃.fe.ʁe/

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Verb

enferrer

1. to pierce with the end of a sword or a bayonet or the like

Conjugation

Conjugation of enferrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	enferrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	enferrant /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enferré /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enferre /ɑ̃.fɛʁ/	enferres /ɑ̃.fɛʁ/	enferre /ɑ̃.fɛʁ/	enferrons /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁɔ̃/	enferrez /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁe/	enferrent /ɑ̃.fɛʁ/
	imperfect	enferrais /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁɛ/	enferrais /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁɛ/	enferrait /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁɛ/	enferrions /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁjɔ̃/	enferriez /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁje/	enferraient /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	enferrai /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁe/	enferras /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁa/	enferra /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁa/	enferrâmes /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁam/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁam/	enferrâtes /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁat/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁat/	enferrèrent /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁɛʁ/
	future	enferrerai /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁə.ʁe/	enferreras /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁə.ʁa/	enferrera /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁə.ʁa/	enferrerons /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	enferrerez /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁə.ʁe/	enferreront /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enferrerais /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁə.ʁɛ/	enferrerais /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁə.ʁɛ/	enferrerait /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁə.ʁɛ/	enferrerions /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	enferreriez /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁə.ʁje/	enferreraient /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁə.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	enferre /ɑ̃.fɛʁ/	enferres /ɑ̃.fɛʁ/	enferre /ɑ̃.fɛʁ/	enferrions /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁjɔ̃/	enferriez /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁje/	enferrent /ɑ̃.fɛʁ/
	imperfect2	enferrasse /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁas/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁas/	enferrasses /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁas/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁas/	enferrât /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁa/	enferrassions /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	enferrassiez /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁa.sje/	enferrassent /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁas/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	enferre /ɑ̃.fɛʁ/	—	enferrons /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁɔ̃/	enferrez /ɑ̃.fɛ.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.fe.ʁe/	—
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

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

Middle French

Etymology

Old French enferrer.

Verb

enferrer

1. to put into irons; to enchain

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of enferrer

infinitive	simple	enferrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	enferrant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		enferré
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enferre	enferres	enferre	enferrons	enferrez	enferrent
	imperfect	enferrois, enferroys	enferrois, enferroys	enferroit, enferroyt	enferrions, enferryons	enferriez, enferryez	enferroient, enferroyent
	past historic	enferra	enferras	enferra	enferrasmes	enferrastes	enferrerent
	future	enferrerai, enferreray	enferreras	enferrera	enferrerons	enferrerez	enferreront
	conditional	enferrerois, enferreroys	enferrerois, enferreroys	enferreroit, enferreroyt	enferrerions, enferreryons	enferreriez, enferreryez	enferreroient, enferreroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	enferre	enferres	enferre	enferrons	enferrez	enferrent
	imperfect	enferrasse	enferrasses	enferrast	enferrassions	enferrassiez	enferrassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	enferre	—	enferrons	enferrez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: enferrer

References

• enferrer on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)