encorner
French
Etymology
Verb
encorner
- (transitive) to horn, to ram with the horns
- (archaic, colloquial, transitive) to cuckold
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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Synonyms
(cuckold):
Further reading
- “encorner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.