enserrer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁe/ ~ /ɑ̃.se.ʁe/

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Verb

enserrer

1. to clasp, to hold on tightly around (something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of enserrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	enserrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	enserrant /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enserré /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enserre /ɑ̃.sɛʁ/	enserres /ɑ̃.sɛʁ/	enserre /ɑ̃.sɛʁ/	enserrons /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁɔ̃/	enserrez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁe/	enserrent /ɑ̃.sɛʁ/
	imperfect	enserrais /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁɛ/	enserrais /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁɛ/	enserrait /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁɛ/	enserrions /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁjɔ̃/	enserriez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁje/	enserraient /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	enserrai /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁe/	enserras /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁa/	enserra /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁa/	enserrâmes /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁam/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁam/	enserrâtes /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁat/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁat/	enserrèrent /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁɛʁ/
	future	enserrerai /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁə.ʁe/	enserreras /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁə.ʁa/	enserrera /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁə.ʁa/	enserrerons /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	enserrerez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁə.ʁe/	enserreront /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enserrerais /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁə.ʁɛ/	enserrerais /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁə.ʁɛ/	enserrerait /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁə.ʁɛ/	enserrerions /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	enserreriez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁə.ʁje/	enserreraient /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.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	enserre /ɑ̃.sɛʁ/	enserres /ɑ̃.sɛʁ/	enserre /ɑ̃.sɛʁ/	enserrions /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁjɔ̃/	enserriez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁje/	enserrent /ɑ̃.sɛʁ/
	imperfect2	enserrasse /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁas/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁas/	enserrasses /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁas/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁas/	enserrât /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁa/	enserrassions /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	enserrassiez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁa.sje/	enserrassent /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁas/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	enserre /ɑ̃.sɛʁ/	—	enserrons /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ʁɔ̃/	enserrez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.se.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

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