enchâsser

See also: enchasser

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ châsse +‎ -er. Compare the similarly built verb encaisser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ʃa.se/, /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.se/

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Verb

enchâsser

1. (transitive) to enshrine, to put in a display cabinet
2. (transitive) to lavish
3. (transitive, jewelry) to set (place inside a case)
4. (transitive) to put or fix in a chassis

Conjugation

Conjugation of enchâsser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	enchâsser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	enchâssant /ɑ̃.ʃa.sɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enchâssé /ɑ̃.ʃa.se/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enchâsse /ɑ̃.ʃas/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑs/	enchâsses /ɑ̃.ʃas/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑs/	enchâsse /ɑ̃.ʃas/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑs/	enchâssons /ɑ̃.ʃa.sɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sɔ̃/	enchâssez /ɑ̃.ʃa.se/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.se/	enchâssent /ɑ̃.ʃas/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑs/
	imperfect	enchâssais /ɑ̃.ʃa.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sɛ/	enchâssais /ɑ̃.ʃa.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sɛ/	enchâssait /ɑ̃.ʃa.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sɛ/	enchâssions /ɑ̃.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sjɔ̃/	enchâssiez /ɑ̃.ʃa.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sje/	enchâssaient /ɑ̃.ʃa.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sɛ/
	past historic2	enchâssai /ɑ̃.ʃa.se/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.se/	enchâssas /ɑ̃.ʃa.sa/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sa/	enchâssa /ɑ̃.ʃa.sa/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sa/	enchâssâmes /ɑ̃.ʃa.sam/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sam/	enchâssâtes /ɑ̃.ʃa.sat/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sat/	enchâssèrent /ɑ̃.ʃa.sɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sɛʁ/
	future	enchâsserai /ɑ̃.ʃa.sʁe/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sʁe/	enchâsseras /ɑ̃.ʃa.sʁa/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sʁa/	enchâssera /ɑ̃.ʃa.sʁa/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sʁa/	enchâsserons /ɑ̃.ʃa.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sʁɔ̃/	enchâsserez /ɑ̃.ʃa.sʁe/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sʁe/	enchâsseront /ɑ̃.ʃa.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enchâsserais /ɑ̃.ʃa.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sʁɛ/	enchâsserais /ɑ̃.ʃa.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sʁɛ/	enchâsserait /ɑ̃.ʃa.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sʁɛ/	enchâsserions /ɑ̃.ʃa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	enchâsseriez /ɑ̃.ʃa.sə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sə.ʁje/	enchâsseraient /ɑ̃.ʃa.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sʁɛ/
(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	enchâsse /ɑ̃.ʃas/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑs/	enchâsses /ɑ̃.ʃas/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑs/	enchâsse /ɑ̃.ʃas/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑs/	enchâssions /ɑ̃.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sjɔ̃/	enchâssiez /ɑ̃.ʃa.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sje/	enchâssent /ɑ̃.ʃas/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑs/
	imperfect2	enchâssasse /ɑ̃.ʃa.sas/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sas/	enchâssasses /ɑ̃.ʃa.sas/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sas/	enchâssât /ɑ̃.ʃa.sa/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sa/	enchâssassions /ɑ̃.ʃa.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sa.sjɔ̃/	enchâssassiez /ɑ̃.ʃa.sa.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sa.sje/	enchâssassent /ɑ̃.ʃa.sas/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	enchâsse /ɑ̃.ʃas/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑs/	—	enchâssons /ɑ̃.ʃa.sɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.sɔ̃/	enchâssez /ɑ̃.ʃa.se/ or /ɑ̃.ʃɑ.se/	—
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).

Derived terms

• enchâssement

Further reading

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