encirer

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ cire +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

encirer

1. (transitive) to wax, wax up (cover or seal with wax)

Conjugation

Conjugation of encirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	encirer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	encirant /ɑ̃.si.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enciré /ɑ̃.si.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	encire /ɑ̃.siʁ/	encires /ɑ̃.siʁ/	encire /ɑ̃.siʁ/	encirons /ɑ̃.si.ʁɔ̃/	encirez /ɑ̃.si.ʁe/	encirent /ɑ̃.siʁ/
	imperfect	encirais /ɑ̃.si.ʁɛ/	encirais /ɑ̃.si.ʁɛ/	encirait /ɑ̃.si.ʁɛ/	encirions /ɑ̃.si.ʁjɔ̃/	enciriez /ɑ̃.si.ʁje/	enciraient /ɑ̃.si.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	encirai /ɑ̃.si.ʁe/	enciras /ɑ̃.si.ʁa/	encira /ɑ̃.si.ʁa/	encirâmes /ɑ̃.si.ʁam/	encirâtes /ɑ̃.si.ʁat/	encirèrent /ɑ̃.si.ʁɛʁ/
	future	encirerai /ɑ̃.si.ʁə.ʁe/	encireras /ɑ̃.si.ʁə.ʁa/	encirera /ɑ̃.si.ʁə.ʁa/	encirerons /ɑ̃.si.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	encirerez /ɑ̃.si.ʁə.ʁe/	encireront /ɑ̃.si.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	encirerais /ɑ̃.si.ʁə.ʁɛ/	encirerais /ɑ̃.si.ʁə.ʁɛ/	encirerait /ɑ̃.si.ʁə.ʁɛ/	encirerions /ɑ̃.si.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	encireriez /ɑ̃.si.ʁə.ʁje/	encireraient /ɑ̃.si.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	encire /ɑ̃.siʁ/	encires /ɑ̃.siʁ/	encire /ɑ̃.siʁ/	encirions /ɑ̃.si.ʁjɔ̃/	enciriez /ɑ̃.si.ʁje/	encirent /ɑ̃.siʁ/
	imperfect2	encirasse /ɑ̃.si.ʁas/	encirasses /ɑ̃.si.ʁas/	encirât /ɑ̃.si.ʁa/	encirassions /ɑ̃.si.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	encirassiez /ɑ̃.si.ʁa.sje/	encirassent /ɑ̃.si.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	encire /ɑ̃.siʁ/	—	encirons /ɑ̃.si.ʁɔ̃/	encirez /ɑ̃.si.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).

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