encorner

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ corne +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.ne/

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Verb

encorner

1. (transitive) to horn, to ram with the horns
2. (archaic, colloquial, transitive) to cuckold

   Synonym: cocufier

Conjugation

Conjugation of encorner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	encorner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	encornant /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		encorné /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	encorne /ɑ̃.kɔʁn/	encornes /ɑ̃.kɔʁn/	encorne /ɑ̃.kɔʁn/	encornons /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nɔ̃/	encornez /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.ne/	encornent /ɑ̃.kɔʁn/
	imperfect	encornais /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nɛ/	encornais /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nɛ/	encornait /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nɛ/	encornions /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.njɔ̃/	encorniez /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nje/	encornaient /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nɛ/
	past historic2	encornai /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.ne/	encornas /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.na/	encorna /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.na/	encornâmes /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nam/	encornâtes /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nat/	encornèrent /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nɛʁ/
	future	encornerai /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.ʁe/	encorneras /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.ʁa/	encornera /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.ʁa/	encornerons /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/	encornerez /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.ʁe/	encorneront /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	encornerais /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	encornerais /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	encornerait /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	encornerions /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	encorneriez /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.ʁje/	encorneraient /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nə.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	encorne /ɑ̃.kɔʁn/	encornes /ɑ̃.kɔʁn/	encorne /ɑ̃.kɔʁn/	encornions /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.njɔ̃/	encorniez /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nje/	encornent /ɑ̃.kɔʁn/
	imperfect2	encornasse /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nas/	encornasses /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nas/	encornât /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.na/	encornassions /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.na.sjɔ̃/	encornassiez /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.na.sje/	encornassent /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	encorne /ɑ̃.kɔʁn/	—	encornons /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.nɔ̃/	encornez /ɑ̃.kɔʁ.ne/	—
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

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

Anagrams

• renoncer