encastrer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian incastrare, from Latin castrum (“fortress”). Unrelated to French castrer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.kas.tʁe/
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Verb

encastrer

  1. to embed
  2. to fit in, slot in etc.

Conjugation
Conjugation of encastrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple encastrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple encastrant
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle encastré
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present encastre
/ɑ̃.kastʁ/		 encastres
/ɑ̃.kastʁ/		 encastre
/ɑ̃.kastʁ/		 encastrons
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁɔ̃/		 encastrez
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁe/		 encastrent
/ɑ̃.kastʁ/
imperfect encastrais
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁɛ/		 encastrais
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁɛ/		 encastrait
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁɛ/		 encastrions
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁi.jɔ̃/		 encastriez
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁi.je/		 encastraient
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁɛ/
past historic2 encastrai
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁe/		 encastras
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁa/		 encastra
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁa/		 encastrâmes
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁam/		 encastrâtes
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁat/		 encastrèrent
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁɛʁ/
future encastrerai
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.ʁe/		 encastreras
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.ʁa/		 encastrera
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.ʁa/		 encastrerons
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 encastrerez
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.ʁe/		 encastreront
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional encastrerais
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.ʁɛ/		 encastrerais
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.ʁɛ/		 encastrerait
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.ʁɛ/		 encastrerions
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 encastreriez
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.ʁje/		 encastreraient
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁə.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 encastre
/ɑ̃.kastʁ/		 encastres
/ɑ̃.kastʁ/		 encastre
/ɑ̃.kastʁ/		 encastrions
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁi.jɔ̃/		 encastriez
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁi.je/		 encastrent
/ɑ̃.kastʁ/
imperfect2 encastrasse
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁas/		 encastrasses
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁas/		 encastrât
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁa/		 encastrassions
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁa.sjɔ̃/		 encastrassiez
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁa.sje/		 encastrassent
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — encastre
/ɑ̃.kastʁ/		 — encastrons
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁɔ̃/		 encastrez
/ɑ̃.kas.tʁe/		 —
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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