ensevelir

French

Etymology

From en- + Old French sevelir, from Latin sepelīre, presumably via Vulgar Latin sepellīre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).liʁ/

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Verb

ensevelir

1. (transitive) to bury, to entomb
   • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎^[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:

     Elle se fit faire un tableau funèbre avec les cheveux de la défunte, et, dans une lettre qu'elle envoyait aux Bertaux, toute pleine de réflexions tristes sur la vie, elle demandait qu'on l'ensevelît plus tard dans le même tombeau.

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2. (transitive) to cover with earth
3. (transitive, figuratively) to bury (hide something)
4. (pronominal) to bury oneself, hide away

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of ensevelir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ensevelir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ensevelissant /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enseveli /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ensevelis /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li/	ensevelis /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li/	ensevelit /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li/	ensevelissons /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sɔ̃/	ensevelissez /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.se/	ensevelissent /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).lis/
	imperfect	ensevelissais /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sɛ/	ensevelissais /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sɛ/	ensevelissait /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sɛ/	ensevelissions /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sjɔ̃/	ensevelissiez /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sje/	ensevelissaient /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sɛ/
	past historic2	ensevelis /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li/	ensevelis /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li/	ensevelit /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li/	ensevelîmes /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).lim/	ensevelîtes /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).lit/	ensevelirent /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).liʁ/
	future	ensevelirai /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.ʁe/	enseveliras /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.ʁa/	ensevelira /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.ʁa/	ensevelirons /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.ʁɔ̃/	ensevelirez /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.ʁe/	enseveliront /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ensevelirais /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.ʁɛ/	ensevelirais /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.ʁɛ/	ensevelirait /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.ʁɛ/	ensevelirions /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.ʁjɔ̃/	enseveliriez /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.ʁje/	enseveliraient /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.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	ensevelisse /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).lis/	ensevelisses /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).lis/	ensevelisse /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).lis/	ensevelissions /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sjɔ̃/	ensevelissiez /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sje/	ensevelissent /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).lis/
	imperfect2	ensevelisse /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).lis/	ensevelisses /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).lis/	ensevelît /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li/	ensevelissions /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sjɔ̃/	ensevelissiez /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sje/	ensevelissent /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).lis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ensevelis /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li/	—	ensevelissons /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.sɔ̃/	ensevelissez /ɑ̃.sə.v(ə).li.se/	—
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

• ensevelissement

Related terms

• sépulture

See also

• enfouir

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

From en- +‎ sevelir.

Verb

ensevelir

1. to bury; to inter; to inhume

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		ensevelir			avoir enseveli
gerund		en ensevelissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		ensevelissant
past participle		enseveli
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	ensevelis	ensevelis	ensevelist	ensevelissons	ensevelissez	ensevelissent
	imperfect	ensevelissoie, ensevelisseie	ensevelissoies, ensevelisseies	ensevelissoit, ensevelisseit	ensevelissiiens, ensevelissiens	ensevelissiiez, ensevelissiez	ensevelissoient, ensevelisseient
	preterite	enseveli	ensevelis	enseveli	ensevelimes	ensevelistes	ensevelirent
	future	ensevelirai	enseveliras	ensevelira	ensevelirons	enseveliroiz, ensevelireiz, ensevelirez	enseveliront
	conditional	enseveliroie, ensevelireie	enseveliroies, ensevelireies	enseveliroit, ensevelireit	enseveliriiens, enseveliriens	enseveliriiez, enseveliriez	enseveliroient, ensevelireient
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	ensevelisse	ensevelisses	ensevelisse	ensevelissons	ensevelissez	ensevelissent
	imperfect	ensevelisse	ensevelisses	ensevelist	ensevelissons, ensevelissiens	ensevelissoiz, ensevelissez, ensevelissiez	ensevelissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	ensevelis	—	ensevelissons	ensevelissez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: ensevelir
  • French: ensevelir