encrer

French

Etymology

From encre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.kʁe/

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• Homophone: ancrer

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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• cerner