enclouer
French
Etymology
From Old French encloer. By surface analysis, en- + clou + -er. Or alternatively from Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre, from Late Latin clāvāre, from Latin clāvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.klu.e/
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Verb
enclouer
- to nail in, put a nail in
Conjugation
Conjugation of enclouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | enclouer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | enclouant /ɑ̃.klu.ɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | encloué /ɑ̃.klu.e/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | encloue /ɑ̃.klu/ |
encloues /ɑ̃.klu/ |
encloue /ɑ̃.klu/ |
enclouons /ɑ̃.klu.ɔ̃/ |
enclouez /ɑ̃.klu.e/ |
enclouent /ɑ̃.klu/ |
| imperfect | enclouais /ɑ̃.klu.ɛ/ |
enclouais /ɑ̃.klu.ɛ/ |
enclouait /ɑ̃.klu.ɛ/ |
enclouions /ɑ̃.klu.jɔ̃/ |
enclouiez /ɑ̃.klu.je/ |
enclouaient /ɑ̃.klu.ɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | enclouai /ɑ̃.klu.e/ |
enclouas /ɑ̃.klu.a/ |
encloua /ɑ̃.klu.a/ |
enclouâmes /ɑ̃.klu.am/ |
enclouâtes /ɑ̃.klu.at/ |
enclouèrent /ɑ̃.klu.ɛʁ/ | |
| future | enclouerai /ɑ̃.klu.ʁe/ |
encloueras /ɑ̃.klu.ʁa/ |
enclouera /ɑ̃.klu.ʁa/ |
enclouerons /ɑ̃.klu.ʁɔ̃/ |
enclouerez /ɑ̃.klu.ʁe/ |
encloueront /ɑ̃.klu.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | enclouerais /ɑ̃.klu.ʁɛ/ |
enclouerais /ɑ̃.klu.ʁɛ/ |
enclouerait /ɑ̃.klu.ʁɛ/ |
enclouerions /ɑ̃.klu.ʁjɔ̃/ |
encloueriez /ɑ̃.klu.ʁje/ |
encloueraient /ɑ̃.klu.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 | encloue /ɑ̃.klu/ |
encloues /ɑ̃.klu/ |
encloue /ɑ̃.klu/ |
enclouions /ɑ̃.klu.jɔ̃/ |
enclouiez /ɑ̃.klu.je/ |
enclouent /ɑ̃.klu/ |
| imperfect2 | enclouasse /ɑ̃.klu.as/ |
enclouasses /ɑ̃.klu.as/ |
enclouât /ɑ̃.klu.a/ |
enclouassions /ɑ̃.klu.a.sjɔ̃/ |
enclouassiez /ɑ̃.klu.a.sje/ |
enclouassent /ɑ̃.klu.as/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | encloue /ɑ̃.klu/ |
— | enclouons /ɑ̃.klu.ɔ̃/ |
enclouez /ɑ̃.klu.e/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “enclouer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.