ensorceler
French
editEtymology
editFrom en- + sorcier (“sorcerer”) + -er, with dissimilation.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editensorceler
Conjugation
editThis verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il ensorcèle and the third-person singular future indicative il ensorcèlera.
Conjugation of ensorceler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | ensorceler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | ensorcelant /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | ensorcelé /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.le/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | ensorcèle /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl/ |
ensorcèles /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl/ |
ensorcèle /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl/ |
ensorcelons /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lɔ̃/ |
ensorcelez /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.le/ |
ensorcèlent /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl/ |
imperfect | ensorcelais /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lɛ/ |
ensorcelais /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lɛ/ |
ensorcelait /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lɛ/ |
ensorcelions /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.ljɔ̃/ |
ensorceliez /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lje/ |
ensorcelaient /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lɛ/ | |
past historic2 | ensorcelai /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.le/ |
ensorcelas /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.la/ |
ensorcela /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.la/ |
ensorcelâmes /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lam/ |
ensorcelâtes /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lat/ |
ensorcelèrent /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lɛʁ/ | |
future | ensorcèlerai /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl.ʁe/ |
ensorcèleras /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl.ʁa/ |
ensorcèlera /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl.ʁa/ |
ensorcèlerons /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
ensorcèlerez /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl.ʁe/ |
ensorcèleront /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | ensorcèlerais /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
ensorcèlerais /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
ensorcèlerait /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl.ʁɛ/ |
ensorcèlerions /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.se.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ensorcèleriez /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.se.lə.ʁje/ |
ensorcèleraient /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl.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 | ensorcèle /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl/ |
ensorcèles /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl/ |
ensorcèle /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl/ |
ensorcelions /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.ljɔ̃/ |
ensorceliez /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lje/ |
ensorcèlent /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl/ |
imperfect2 | ensorcelasse /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.las/ |
ensorcelasses /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.las/ |
ensorcelât /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.la/ |
ensorcelassions /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.la.sjɔ̃/ |
ensorcelassiez /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.la.sje/ |
ensorcelassent /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.las/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | ensorcèle /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl/ |
— | ensorcelons /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lɔ̃/ |
ensorcelez /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “ensorceler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.