enrouler

French

Etymology

en- +‎ rouler

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ʁu.le/

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Verb

enrouler

1. to wind, curl (around)
2. (informal) to make out with, to score with, to get off with (to kiss someone)

   Synonym: emballer

Conjugation

Conjugation of enrouler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	enrouler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	enroulant /ɑ̃.ʁu.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enroulé /ɑ̃.ʁu.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enroule /ɑ̃.ʁul/	enroules /ɑ̃.ʁul/	enroule /ɑ̃.ʁul/	enroulons /ɑ̃.ʁu.lɔ̃/	enroulez /ɑ̃.ʁu.le/	enroulent /ɑ̃.ʁul/
	imperfect	enroulais /ɑ̃.ʁu.lɛ/	enroulais /ɑ̃.ʁu.lɛ/	enroulait /ɑ̃.ʁu.lɛ/	enroulions /ɑ̃.ʁu.ljɔ̃/	enrouliez /ɑ̃.ʁu.lje/	enroulaient /ɑ̃.ʁu.lɛ/
	past historic2	enroulai /ɑ̃.ʁu.le/	enroulas /ɑ̃.ʁu.la/	enroula /ɑ̃.ʁu.la/	enroulâmes /ɑ̃.ʁu.lam/	enroulâtes /ɑ̃.ʁu.lat/	enroulèrent /ɑ̃.ʁu.lɛʁ/
	future	enroulerai /ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁe/	enrouleras /ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁa/	enroulera /ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁa/	enroulerons /ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁɔ̃/	enroulerez /ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁe/	enrouleront /ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enroulerais /ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁɛ/	enroulerais /ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁɛ/	enroulerait /ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁɛ/	enroulerions /ɑ̃.ʁu.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	enrouleriez /ɑ̃.ʁu.lə.ʁje/	enrouleraient /ɑ̃.ʁul.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	enroule /ɑ̃.ʁul/	enroules /ɑ̃.ʁul/	enroule /ɑ̃.ʁul/	enroulions /ɑ̃.ʁu.ljɔ̃/	enrouliez /ɑ̃.ʁu.lje/	enroulent /ɑ̃.ʁul/
	imperfect2	enroulasse /ɑ̃.ʁu.las/	enroulasses /ɑ̃.ʁu.las/	enroulât /ɑ̃.ʁu.la/	enroulassions /ɑ̃.ʁu.la.sjɔ̃/	enroulassiez /ɑ̃.ʁu.la.sje/	enroulassent /ɑ̃.ʁu.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	enroule /ɑ̃.ʁul/	—	enroulons /ɑ̃.ʁu.lɔ̃/	enroulez /ɑ̃.ʁu.le/	—
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

• enroulement

Further reading

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