enfiler

French

Etymology

See fil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.fi.le/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

enfiler

1. to thread (a needle)
2. to string, to sling (put on a string or sling)
3. to put on (clothes)
4. (vulgar) to hump, to screw

Conjugation

Conjugation of enfiler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	enfiler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	enfilant /ɑ̃.fi.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enfilé /ɑ̃.fi.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enfile /ɑ̃.fil/	enfiles /ɑ̃.fil/	enfile /ɑ̃.fil/	enfilons /ɑ̃.fi.lɔ̃/	enfilez /ɑ̃.fi.le/	enfilent /ɑ̃.fil/
	imperfect	enfilais /ɑ̃.fi.lɛ/	enfilais /ɑ̃.fi.lɛ/	enfilait /ɑ̃.fi.lɛ/	enfilions /ɑ̃.fi.ljɔ̃/	enfiliez /ɑ̃.fi.lje/	enfilaient /ɑ̃.fi.lɛ/
	past historic2	enfilai /ɑ̃.fi.le/	enfilas /ɑ̃.fi.la/	enfila /ɑ̃.fi.la/	enfilâmes /ɑ̃.fi.lam/	enfilâtes /ɑ̃.fi.lat/	enfilèrent /ɑ̃.fi.lɛʁ/
	future	enfilerai /ɑ̃.fil.ʁe/	enfileras /ɑ̃.fil.ʁa/	enfilera /ɑ̃.fil.ʁa/	enfilerons /ɑ̃.fil.ʁɔ̃/	enfilerez /ɑ̃.fil.ʁe/	enfileront /ɑ̃.fil.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enfilerais /ɑ̃.fil.ʁɛ/	enfilerais /ɑ̃.fil.ʁɛ/	enfilerait /ɑ̃.fil.ʁɛ/	enfilerions /ɑ̃.fi.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	enfileriez /ɑ̃.fi.lə.ʁje/	enfileraient /ɑ̃.fil.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	enfile /ɑ̃.fil/	enfiles /ɑ̃.fil/	enfile /ɑ̃.fil/	enfilions /ɑ̃.fi.ljɔ̃/	enfiliez /ɑ̃.fi.lje/	enfilent /ɑ̃.fil/
	imperfect2	enfilasse /ɑ̃.fi.las/	enfilasses /ɑ̃.fi.las/	enfilât /ɑ̃.fi.la/	enfilassions /ɑ̃.fi.la.sjɔ̃/	enfilassiez /ɑ̃.fi.la.sje/	enfilassent /ɑ̃.fi.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	enfile /ɑ̃.fil/	—	enfilons /ɑ̃.fi.lɔ̃/	enfilez /ɑ̃.fi.le/	—
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

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

Anagrams

• renifle, reniflé

Norman

Etymology

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Verb

enfiler

1. (Jersey) to file