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encercler
encercler
French
Verb
encercler
- (transitive) circle (draw a circle round)
- (transitive) ring round, circle round
- (transitive) surround, encircle
Conjugation
Conjugation of encercler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | encercler | avoir encerclé | |||||
| gerund | en encerclant | en ayant encerclé | |||||
| present participle | encerclant /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | encerclé /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kle/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | encercle /ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/ |
encercles /ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/ |
encercle /ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/ |
encerclons /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɔ̃/ |
encerclez /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kle/ |
encerclent /ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/ |
| imperfect | encerclais /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɛ/ |
encerclais /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɛ/ |
encerclait /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɛ/ |
encerclions /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kli.jɔ̃/ |
encercliez /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kli.je/ |
encerclaient /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | encerclai /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kle/ |
encerclas /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kla/ |
encercla /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kla/ |
encerclâmes /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klam/ |
encerclâtes /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klat/ |
encerclèrent /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɛʁ/ |
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| future | encerclerai /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁe/ |
encercleras /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁa/ |
encerclera /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁa/ |
encerclerons /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁɔ̃/ |
encerclerez /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁe/ |
encercleront /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | encerclerais /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁɛ/ |
encerclerais /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁɛ/ |
encerclerait /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁɛ/ |
encerclerions /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
encercleriez /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁje/ |
encercleraient /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | encercle /ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/ |
encercles /ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/ |
encercle /ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/ |
encerclions /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kli.jɔ̃/ |
encercliez /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kli.je/ |
encerclent /ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/ |
| imperfect1 |
encerclasse /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klas/ |
encerclasses /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klas/ |
encerclât /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kla/ |
encerclassions /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kla.sjɔ̃/ |
encerclassiez /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kla.sje/ |
encerclassent /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | encercle /ɑ̃.sɛʁkl/ |
— | encerclons /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.klɔ̃/ |
encerclez /ɑ̃.sɛʁ.kle/ |
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