encaver

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ cave +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ka.ve/

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Verb

encaver

1. to put in a cellar, store in a cellar

Conjugation

Conjugation of encaver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	encaver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	encavant /ɑ̃.ka.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		encavé /ɑ̃.ka.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	encave /ɑ̃.kav/	encaves /ɑ̃.kav/	encave /ɑ̃.kav/	encavons /ɑ̃.ka.vɔ̃/	encavez /ɑ̃.ka.ve/	encavent /ɑ̃.kav/
	imperfect	encavais /ɑ̃.ka.vɛ/	encavais /ɑ̃.ka.vɛ/	encavait /ɑ̃.ka.vɛ/	encavions /ɑ̃.ka.vjɔ̃/	encaviez /ɑ̃.ka.vje/	encavaient /ɑ̃.ka.vɛ/
	past historic2	encavai /ɑ̃.ka.ve/	encavas /ɑ̃.ka.va/	encava /ɑ̃.ka.va/	encavâmes /ɑ̃.ka.vam/	encavâtes /ɑ̃.ka.vat/	encavèrent /ɑ̃.ka.vɛʁ/
	future	encaverai /ɑ̃.ka.vʁe/	encaveras /ɑ̃.ka.vʁa/	encavera /ɑ̃.ka.vʁa/	encaverons /ɑ̃.ka.vʁɔ̃/	encaverez /ɑ̃.ka.vʁe/	encaveront /ɑ̃.ka.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	encaverais /ɑ̃.ka.vʁɛ/	encaverais /ɑ̃.ka.vʁɛ/	encaverait /ɑ̃.ka.vʁɛ/	encaverions /ɑ̃.ka.və.ʁjɔ̃/	encaveriez /ɑ̃.ka.və.ʁje/	encaveraient /ɑ̃.ka.vʁɛ/
(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	encave /ɑ̃.kav/	encaves /ɑ̃.kav/	encave /ɑ̃.kav/	encavions /ɑ̃.ka.vjɔ̃/	encaviez /ɑ̃.ka.vje/	encavent /ɑ̃.kav/
	imperfect2	encavasse /ɑ̃.ka.vas/	encavasses /ɑ̃.ka.vas/	encavât /ɑ̃.ka.va/	encavassions /ɑ̃.ka.va.sjɔ̃/	encavassiez /ɑ̃.ka.va.sje/	encavassent /ɑ̃.ka.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	encave /ɑ̃.kav/	—	encavons /ɑ̃.ka.vɔ̃/	encavez /ɑ̃.ka.ve/	—
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).

Further reading

• “encaver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.