enclore

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French enclore, from Vulgar Latin *inclaudere, remodelled from Latin inclūdere. Compare the borrowed doublet inclure.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.klɔʁ/
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Verb

enclore

  1. to enclose
  2. to fortify
  3. (reflexive, s'enclore) to fortify

Conjugation

This verb is not conjugated in certain tenses.

Conjugation of enclore (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple enclore
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple enclosant
/ɑ̃.klo.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle enclos
/ɑ̃.klo/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present enclos
/ɑ̃.klo/ 		enclos
/ɑ̃.klo/ 		enclôt
/ɑ̃.klo/ 		enclosons
/ɑ̃.klo.zɔ̃/ 		enclosez
/ɑ̃.klo.ze/ 		enclosent
/ɑ̃.kloz/
imperfect — — — — — —
past historic2 — — — — — —
future enclorai
/ɑ̃.klɔ.ʁe/ 		encloras
/ɑ̃.klɔ.ʁa/ 		enclora
/ɑ̃.klɔ.ʁa/ 		enclorons
/ɑ̃.klɔ.ʁɔ̃/ 		enclorez
/ɑ̃.klɔ.ʁe/ 		encloront
/ɑ̃.klɔ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional enclorais
/ɑ̃.klɔ.ʁɛ/ 		enclorais
/ɑ̃.klɔ.ʁɛ/ 		enclorait
/ɑ̃.klɔ.ʁɛ/ 		enclorions
/ɑ̃.klɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ 		encloriez
/ɑ̃.klɔ.ʁje/ 		encloraient
/ɑ̃.klɔ.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 enclose
/ɑ̃.kloz/ 		encloses
/ɑ̃.kloz/ 		enclose
/ɑ̃.kloz/ 		enclosions
/ɑ̃.klo.zjɔ̃/ 		enclosiez
/ɑ̃.klo.zje/ 		enclosent
/ɑ̃.kloz/
imperfect2 — — — — — —
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — enclos
/ɑ̃.klo/ 		— enclosons
/ɑ̃.klo.zɔ̃/ 		enclosez
/ɑ̃.klo.ze/ 		—
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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Further reading

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *inclaudere, remodelled from Latin inclūdere.

Verb

enclore

  1. to enclose (form, create a boundary around something)
  2. to include

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of enclore (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive enclore avoir enclos
gerund en encloant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle encloant
past participle enclos
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present enclo encloz enclot encloons encloez encloent
imperfect enclooie, encloeie enclooies, encloeies enclooit, encloeit encloïiens, encloïens encloïiez, encloïez enclooient, encloeient
preterite enclos encloṣis enclost encloṣimes encloṣistes enclosdrent
future enclorai, enclorrai encloras, enclorras enclora, enclorra enclorons, enclorrons encloroiz, encloreiz, enclorez, enclorroiz, enclorreiz, enclorrez encloront, enclorront
conditional encloroie, encloreie, enclorroie, enclorreie encloroies, encloreies, enclorroies, enclorreies encloroit, encloreit, enclorroit, enclorreit encloriiens, encloriens, enclorriiens, enclorriens encloriiez, encloriez, enclorriiez, enclorriez encloroient, encloreient, enclorroient, enclorreient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present encloe encloes encloe encloons encloez encloent
imperfect encloṣisse encloṣisses encloṣist encloṣissons, encloṣissiens encloṣissoiz, encloṣissez, encloṣissiez encloṣissent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— enclo — encloons encloez —

Descendants

  • French: enclore
  • →⇒ Middle English: enclosen

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