enclaver

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre, from Latin in- + clāvis + -āre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

enclaver

1. to shut in, to enclave

Conjugation

Conjugation of enclaver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	enclaver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	enclavant /ɑ̃.kla.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enclavé /ɑ̃.kla.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enclave /ɑ̃.klav/	enclaves /ɑ̃.klav/	enclave /ɑ̃.klav/	enclavons /ɑ̃.kla.vɔ̃/	enclavez /ɑ̃.kla.ve/	enclavent /ɑ̃.klav/
	imperfect	enclavais /ɑ̃.kla.vɛ/	enclavais /ɑ̃.kla.vɛ/	enclavait /ɑ̃.kla.vɛ/	enclavions /ɑ̃.kla.vjɔ̃/	enclaviez /ɑ̃.kla.vje/	enclavaient /ɑ̃.kla.vɛ/
	past historic2	enclavai /ɑ̃.kla.ve/	enclavas /ɑ̃.kla.va/	enclava /ɑ̃.kla.va/	enclavâmes /ɑ̃.kla.vam/	enclavâtes /ɑ̃.kla.vat/	enclavèrent /ɑ̃.kla.vɛʁ/
	future	enclaverai /ɑ̃.kla.vʁe/	enclaveras /ɑ̃.kla.vʁa/	enclavera /ɑ̃.kla.vʁa/	enclaverons /ɑ̃.kla.vʁɔ̃/	enclaverez /ɑ̃.kla.vʁe/	enclaveront /ɑ̃.kla.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enclaverais /ɑ̃.kla.vʁɛ/	enclaverais /ɑ̃.kla.vʁɛ/	enclaverait /ɑ̃.kla.vʁɛ/	enclaverions /ɑ̃.kla.və.ʁjɔ̃/	enclaveriez /ɑ̃.kla.və.ʁje/	enclaveraient /ɑ̃.kla.vʁɛ/
(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	enclave /ɑ̃.klav/	enclaves /ɑ̃.klav/	enclave /ɑ̃.klav/	enclavions /ɑ̃.kla.vjɔ̃/	enclaviez /ɑ̃.kla.vje/	enclavent /ɑ̃.klav/
	imperfect2	enclavasse /ɑ̃.kla.vas/	enclavasses /ɑ̃.kla.vas/	enclavât /ɑ̃.kla.va/	enclavassions /ɑ̃.kla.va.sjɔ̃/	enclavassiez /ɑ̃.kla.va.sje/	enclavassent /ɑ̃.kla.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	enclave /ɑ̃.klav/	—	enclavons /ɑ̃.kla.vɔ̃/	enclavez /ɑ̃.kla.ve/	—
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

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