encenser

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin incēnsāre. By surface analysis, encens +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.se/
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Verb

encenser

  1. (transitive) to cense, to incense
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to acclaim, to sing the praises of
    Synonym: porter aux nues
    un écrivain encensé par la critique ― a writer acclaimed by critics

Conjugation

Conjugation of encenser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple encenser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple encensant
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle encensé
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present encense
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/ 		encenses
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/ 		encense
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/ 		encensons
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɔ̃/ 		encensez
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.se/ 		encensent
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/
imperfect encensais
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɛ/ 		encensais
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɛ/ 		encensait
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɛ/ 		encensions
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ 		encensiez
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sje/ 		encensaient
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɛ/
past historic2 encensai
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.se/ 		encensas
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sa/ 		encensa
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sa/ 		encensâmes
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sam/ 		encensâtes
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sat/ 		encensèrent
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɛʁ/
future encenserai
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁe/ 		encenseras
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁa/ 		encensera
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁa/ 		encenserons
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ 		encenserez
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁe/ 		encenseront
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
conditional encenserais
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁɛ/ 		encenserais
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁɛ/ 		encenserait
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁɛ/ 		encenserions
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		encenseriez
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ 		encenseraient
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.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 encense
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/ 		encenses
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/ 		encense
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/ 		encensions
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ 		encensiez
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sje/ 		encensent
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/
imperfect2 encensasse
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sas/ 		encensasses
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sas/ 		encensât
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sa/ 		encensassions
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		encensassiez
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sa.sje/ 		encensassent
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — encense
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/ 		— encensons
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɔ̃/ 		encensez
/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

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

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