enclaver

English

Etymology

From enclave +‎ -er.

Noun

enclaver (plural enclavers)

1. (uncommon) A member of an enclave.
   • 1991 June, Robert N. Charrette, chapter 7, in Shadowrun: Find Your Own Truth, Roc Books, page 51:

     The Magick Matrix was the glittering star of the entertainment district of the Hong Kong Free Enterprise Enclave. The club was a haven for enclavers jaded by ordinary reality.

   • 2007, Kaye Linden, The Wisdom Keepers,  […], page 12:

     Behind Prasanga, nine hundred Kiroho enclavers kneeled respectfully, heads raised as they watched his every move. Each one knew that Prasanga was next in line for leadership. The Yurgala fighters, the students of the ancient wisdom, stood guard around the enclavers, weapons poised, bristling with anticipation.

   • 2012, Moira Crone, The Not Yet, UNO Press, page 52:

     In Crawley’s window, a short red-haired enclaver girl with a hat like a mushroom stirred away, the steam swirling up into her freckled face.

   • 2020 September 29, Naomi Novik, “Soul Eater”, in A Deadly Education, Del Rey Books, page 17:

     And meanwhile Orion doesn’t need to impress anybody at all. He’s not even just an enclaver. His mother is one of the top candidates to be the next Domina of New York, which is probably still the single most powerful enclave in the world right now, and his father’s a master artificer.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre, from Latin in- + clāvis + -āre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

enclaver

1. to shut in, to enclave

Conjugation

Conjugation of enclaver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	enclaver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	enclavant /ɑ̃.kla.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enclavé /ɑ̃.kla.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enclave /ɑ̃.klav/	enclaves /ɑ̃.klav/	enclave /ɑ̃.klav/	enclavons /ɑ̃.kla.vɔ̃/	enclavez /ɑ̃.kla.ve/	enclavent /ɑ̃.klav/
	imperfect	enclavais /ɑ̃.kla.vɛ/	enclavais /ɑ̃.kla.vɛ/	enclavait /ɑ̃.kla.vɛ/	enclavions /ɑ̃.kla.vjɔ̃/	enclaviez /ɑ̃.kla.vje/	enclavaient /ɑ̃.kla.vɛ/
	past historic2	enclavai /ɑ̃.kla.ve/	enclavas /ɑ̃.kla.va/	enclava /ɑ̃.kla.va/	enclavâmes /ɑ̃.kla.vam/	enclavâtes /ɑ̃.kla.vat/	enclavèrent /ɑ̃.kla.vɛʁ/
	future	enclaverai /ɑ̃.kla.vʁe/	enclaveras /ɑ̃.kla.vʁa/	enclavera /ɑ̃.kla.vʁa/	enclaverons /ɑ̃.kla.vʁɔ̃/	enclaverez /ɑ̃.kla.vʁe/	enclaveront /ɑ̃.kla.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enclaverais /ɑ̃.kla.vʁɛ/	enclaverais /ɑ̃.kla.vʁɛ/	enclaverait /ɑ̃.kla.vʁɛ/	enclaverions /ɑ̃.kla.və.ʁjɔ̃/	enclaveriez /ɑ̃.kla.və.ʁje/	enclaveraient /ɑ̃.kla.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	enclave /ɑ̃.klav/	enclaves /ɑ̃.klav/	enclave /ɑ̃.klav/	enclavions /ɑ̃.kla.vjɔ̃/	enclaviez /ɑ̃.kla.vje/	enclavent /ɑ̃.klav/
	imperfect2	enclavasse /ɑ̃.kla.vas/	enclavasses /ɑ̃.kla.vas/	enclavât /ɑ̃.kla.va/	enclavassions /ɑ̃.kla.va.sjɔ̃/	enclavassiez /ɑ̃.kla.va.sje/	enclavassent /ɑ̃.kla.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	enclave /ɑ̃.klav/	—	enclavons /ɑ̃.kla.vɔ̃/	enclavez /ɑ̃.kla.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

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