enlacer
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
enlacer
- to wrap around, to embrace
- (reflexive) to wrap around each other, to intertwine
Conjugation
This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.
Conjugation of enlacer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | enlacer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | enlaçant /ɑ̃.la.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | enlacé /ɑ̃.la.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | enlace /ɑ̃.las/ |
enlaces /ɑ̃.las/ |
enlace /ɑ̃.las/ |
enlaçons /ɑ̃.la.sɔ̃/ |
enlacez /ɑ̃.la.se/ |
enlacent /ɑ̃.las/ |
| imperfect | enlaçais /ɑ̃.la.sɛ/ |
enlaçais /ɑ̃.la.sɛ/ |
enlaçait /ɑ̃.la.sɛ/ |
enlacions /ɑ̃.la.sjɔ̃/ |
enlaciez /ɑ̃.la.sje/ |
enlaçaient /ɑ̃.la.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | enlaçai /ɑ̃.la.se/ |
enlaças /ɑ̃.la.sa/ |
enlaça /ɑ̃.la.sa/ |
enlaçâmes /ɑ̃.la.sam/ |
enlaçâtes /ɑ̃.la.sat/ |
enlacèrent /ɑ̃.la.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | enlacerai /ɑ̃.la.sʁe/ |
enlaceras /ɑ̃.la.sʁa/ |
enlacera /ɑ̃.la.sʁa/ |
enlacerons /ɑ̃.la.sʁɔ̃/ |
enlacerez /ɑ̃.la.sʁe/ |
enlaceront /ɑ̃.la.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | enlacerais /ɑ̃.la.sʁɛ/ |
enlacerais /ɑ̃.la.sʁɛ/ |
enlacerait /ɑ̃.la.sʁɛ/ |
enlacerions /ɑ̃.la.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enlaceriez /ɑ̃.la.sə.ʁje/ |
enlaceraient /ɑ̃.la.sʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | enlace /ɑ̃.las/ |
enlaces /ɑ̃.las/ |
enlace /ɑ̃.las/ |
enlacions /ɑ̃.la.sjɔ̃/ |
enlaciez /ɑ̃.la.sje/ |
enlacent /ɑ̃.las/ |
| imperfect2 | enlaçasse /ɑ̃.la.sas/ |
enlaçasses /ɑ̃.la.sas/ |
enlaçât /ɑ̃.la.sa/ |
enlaçassions /ɑ̃.la.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
enlaçassiez /ɑ̃.la.sa.sje/ |
enlaçassent /ɑ̃.la.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | enlace /ɑ̃.las/ |
— | enlaçons /ɑ̃.la.sɔ̃/ |
enlacez /ɑ̃.la.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “enlacer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.