encloure
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *inclaudere, remodelled from Latin inclūdere. Doublet of incloure, which was borrowed. By surface analysis, en- + cloure.
Pronunciation
Verb
encloure (first-person singular present encloc, first-person singular preterite encloguí, past participle enclòs); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
- (transitive) to catch, to trap
- Synonym: agafar
- (transitive) to contain, to include
- Synonyms: contenir, comprendre, implicar, incloure
Conjugation
Conjugation of encloure (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)
Related terms
Further reading
- “encloure”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007