encercler

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ cercle +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kle/

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Verb

encercler

1. (transitive) circle (draw a circle round)
2. (transitive) ring round, circle round
3. (transitive) surround, encircle

Conjugation

Conjugation of encercler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	encercler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	encerclant /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		encerclé /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kle/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	encercle /ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/	encercles /ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/	encercle /ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/	encerclons /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɔ̃/	encerclez /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kle/	encerclent /ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/
	imperfect	encerclais /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɛ/	encerclais /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɛ/	encerclait /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɛ/	encerclions /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kli.jɔ̃/	encercliez /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kli.je/	encerclaient /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɛ/
	past historic2	encerclai /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kle/	encerclas /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kla/	encercla /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kla/	encerclâmes /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klam/	encerclâtes /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klat/	encerclèrent /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɛʁ/
	future	encerclerai /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁe/	encercleras /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁa/	encerclera /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁa/	encerclerons /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁɔ̃/	encerclerez /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁe/	encercleront /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	encerclerais /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁɛ/	encerclerais /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁɛ/	encerclerait /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁɛ/	encerclerions /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁjɔ̃/	encercleriez /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁje/	encercleraient /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.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	encercle /ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/	encercles /ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/	encercle /ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/	encerclions /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kli.jɔ̃/	encercliez /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kli.je/	encerclent /ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/
	imperfect2	encerclasse /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klas/	encerclasses /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klas/	encerclât /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kla/	encerclassions /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kla.sjɔ̃/	encerclassiez /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kla.sje/	encerclassent /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	encercle /ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/	—	encerclons /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɔ̃/	encerclez /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kle/	—
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

• encerclement

Further reading

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