enraciner

French

Etymology

en- +‎ racine +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.ne/

Verb

enraciner

1. (transitive, e.g. of a tree) to root
2. (transitive) to cause to take root
3. (reflexive, e.g. of a tree) to take root
4. (reflexive, e.g. of an immigrant) to settle down

   s’enraciner au bord de la mer ― to settle down by the sea

Conjugation

Conjugation of enraciner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	enraciner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	enracinant /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enraciné /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enracine /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/	enracines /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/	enracine /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/	enracinons /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɔ̃/	enracinez /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.ne/	enracinent /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/
	imperfect	enracinais /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɛ/	enracinais /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɛ/	enracinait /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɛ/	enracinions /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.njɔ̃/	enraciniez /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nje/	enracinaient /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɛ/
	past historic2	enracinai /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.ne/	enracinas /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.na/	enracina /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.na/	enracinâmes /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nam/	enracinâtes /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nat/	enracinèrent /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɛʁ/
	future	enracinerai /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁe/	enracineras /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁa/	enracinera /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁa/	enracinerons /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁɔ̃/	enracinerez /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁe/	enracineront /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enracinerais /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁɛ/	enracinerais /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁɛ/	enracinerait /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁɛ/	enracinerions /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	enracineriez /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nə.ʁje/	enracineraient /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.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	enracine /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/	enracines /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/	enracine /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/	enracinions /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.njɔ̃/	enraciniez /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nje/	enracinent /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/
	imperfect2	enracinasse /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nas/	enracinasses /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nas/	enracinât /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.na/	enracinassions /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.na.sjɔ̃/	enracinassiez /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.na.sje/	enracinassent /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	enracine /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/	—	enracinons /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɔ̃/	enracinez /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.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).

Antonyms

• déraciner

Further reading

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

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Old French

Alternative forms

• anraciner

Etymology

en- +‎ racine +‎ -er.

Verb

enraciner

1. to enroot (of a plant, to attach its roots)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of enraciner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		enraciner			avoir enraciné
gerund		en enracinant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		enracinant
past participle		enraciné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	enracin	enracines	enracine	enracinons	enracinez	enracinent
	imperfect	enracinoie, enracineie, enracinoe, enracineve	enracinoies, enracineies, enracinoes, enracineves	enracinoit, enracineit, enracinot, enracineve	enraciniiens, enraciniens	enraciniiez, enraciniez	enracinoient, enracineient, enracinoent, enracinevent
	preterite	enracinai	enracinas	enracina	enracinames	enracinastes	enracinerent
	future	enracinerai	enracineras	enracinera	enracinerons	enracineroiz, enracinereiz, enracinerez	enracineront
	conditional	enracineroie, enracinereie	enracineroies, enracinereies	enracineroit, enracinereit	enracineriiens, enracineriens	enracineriiez, enracineriez	enracineroient, enracinereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	enracin	enracins	enracint	enracinons	enracinez	enracinent
	imperfect	enracinasse	enracinasses	enracinast	enracinissons, enracinissiens	enracinissoiz, enracinissez, enracinissiez	enracinassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	enracine	—	enracinons	enracinez	—

References

• “enraciner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (enraciner, supplement)