encrer

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French

Etymology

From encre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Verb

encrer

  1. (transitive) to ink (to apply ink to)
    • 2018, Zaz, Toute ma vie:
      Toute ma vie j’ai gardé le même courage encré au cœur et au corps.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of encrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple encrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple encrant
/ɑ̃.kʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle encré
/ɑ̃.kʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present encre
/ɑ̃kʁ/ 		encres
/ɑ̃kʁ/ 		encre
/ɑ̃kʁ/ 		encrons
/ɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/ 		encrez
/ɑ̃.kʁe/ 		encrent
/ɑ̃kʁ/
imperfect encrais
/ɑ̃.kʁɛ/ 		encrais
/ɑ̃.kʁɛ/ 		encrait
/ɑ̃.kʁɛ/ 		encrions
/ɑ̃.kʁi.jɔ̃/ 		encriez
/ɑ̃.kʁi.je/ 		encraient
/ɑ̃.kʁɛ/
past historic2 encrai
/ɑ̃.kʁe/ 		encras
/ɑ̃.kʁa/ 		encra
/ɑ̃.kʁa/ 		encrâmes
/ɑ̃.kʁam/ 		encrâtes
/ɑ̃.kʁat/ 		encrèrent
/ɑ̃.kʁɛʁ/
future encrerai
/ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁe/ 		encreras
/ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁa/ 		encrera
/ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁa/ 		encrerons
/ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		encrerez
/ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁe/ 		encreront
/ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional encrerais
/ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁɛ/ 		encrerais
/ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁɛ/ 		encrerait
/ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁɛ/ 		encrerions
/ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		encreriez
/ɑ̃.kʁə.ʁje/ 		encreraient
/ɑ̃.kʁə.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 encre
/ɑ̃kʁ/ 		encres
/ɑ̃kʁ/ 		encre
/ɑ̃kʁ/ 		encrions
/ɑ̃.kʁi.jɔ̃/ 		encriez
/ɑ̃.kʁi.je/ 		encrent
/ɑ̃kʁ/
imperfect2 encrasse
/ɑ̃.kʁas/ 		encrasses
/ɑ̃.kʁas/ 		encrât
/ɑ̃.kʁa/ 		encrassions
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		encrassiez
/ɑ̃.kʁa.sje/ 		encrassent
/ɑ̃.kʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — encre
/ɑ̃kʁ/ 		— encrons
/ɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/ 		encrez
/ɑ̃.kʁe/ 		—
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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