enliser
French
Etymology
From en- + lise (“quicksand”) + -er.
Pronunciation
Verb
enliser
- (transitive) to get (a ship or vehicle) stuck in mud, sand etc.
- (reflexive) to get stuck in mud, sand etc.
- (reflexive, figurative) to get bogged down
- (reflexive, figurative) to sink deeper (into a hole of e.g. lies)
Conjugation
Conjugation of enliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | enliser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | enlisant /ɑ̃.li.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | enlisé /ɑ̃.li.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | enlise /ɑ̃.liz/ |
enlises /ɑ̃.liz/ |
enlise /ɑ̃.liz/ |
enlisons /ɑ̃.li.zɔ̃/ |
enlisez /ɑ̃.li.ze/ |
enlisent /ɑ̃.liz/ |
| imperfect | enlisais /ɑ̃.li.zɛ/ |
enlisais /ɑ̃.li.zɛ/ |
enlisait /ɑ̃.li.zɛ/ |
enlisions /ɑ̃.li.zjɔ̃/ |
enlisiez /ɑ̃.li.zje/ |
enlisaient /ɑ̃.li.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | enlisai /ɑ̃.li.ze/ |
enlisas /ɑ̃.li.za/ |
enlisa /ɑ̃.li.za/ |
enlisâmes /ɑ̃.li.zam/ |
enlisâtes /ɑ̃.li.zat/ |
enlisèrent /ɑ̃.li.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | enliserai /ɑ̃.liz.ʁe/ |
enliseras /ɑ̃.liz.ʁa/ |
enlisera /ɑ̃.liz.ʁa/ |
enliserons /ɑ̃.liz.ʁɔ̃/ |
enliserez /ɑ̃.liz.ʁe/ |
enliseront /ɑ̃.liz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | enliserais /ɑ̃.liz.ʁɛ/ |
enliserais /ɑ̃.liz.ʁɛ/ |
enliserait /ɑ̃.liz.ʁɛ/ |
enliserions /ɑ̃.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enliseriez /ɑ̃.li.zə.ʁje/ |
enliseraient /ɑ̃.liz.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 | enlise /ɑ̃.liz/ |
enlises /ɑ̃.liz/ |
enlise /ɑ̃.liz/ |
enlisions /ɑ̃.li.zjɔ̃/ |
enlisiez /ɑ̃.li.zje/ |
enlisent /ɑ̃.liz/ |
| imperfect2 | enlisasse /ɑ̃.li.zas/ |
enlisasses /ɑ̃.li.zas/ |
enlisât /ɑ̃.li.za/ |
enlisassions /ɑ̃.li.za.sjɔ̃/ |
enlisassiez /ɑ̃.li.za.sje/ |
enlisassent /ɑ̃.li.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | enlise /ɑ̃.liz/ |
— | enlisons /ɑ̃.li.zɔ̃/ |
enlisez /ɑ̃.li.ze/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “enliser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.