incarner

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French incarner, borrowed (1372) from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin incarnāre, from Latin carō. Cf. also the Old French form encharner.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.kaʁ.ne/
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Verb

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incarner

  1. (religion) to incarnate
  2. to embody, to personify
  3. (theater) to play (act as a certain character)
  4. (reflexive) to ingrow (become ingrown) (of a toenail or fingernail)

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: enkarne (via past participle)

Further reading

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Latin

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Verb

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incarner

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of incarnō