encroûter

French

Alternative forms

• encrouter (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

From en- +‎ croûte +‎ -er. Compare incruster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.kʁu.te/

• Audio:

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Verb

encroûter

1. to encrust, crust over
2. (reflexive) to crust over, form a crust
3. (reflexive) to get into a rut

Conjugation

Conjugation of encroûter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	encroûter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	encroûtant /ɑ̃.kʁu.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		encroûté /ɑ̃.kʁu.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	encroûte /ɑ̃.kʁut/	encroûtes /ɑ̃.kʁut/	encroûte /ɑ̃.kʁut/	encroûtons /ɑ̃.kʁu.tɔ̃/	encroûtez /ɑ̃.kʁu.te/	encroûtent /ɑ̃.kʁut/
	imperfect	encroûtais /ɑ̃.kʁu.tɛ/	encroûtais /ɑ̃.kʁu.tɛ/	encroûtait /ɑ̃.kʁu.tɛ/	encroûtions /ɑ̃.kʁu.tjɔ̃/	encroûtiez /ɑ̃.kʁu.tje/	encroûtaient /ɑ̃.kʁu.tɛ/
	past historic2	encroûtai /ɑ̃.kʁu.te/	encroûtas /ɑ̃.kʁu.ta/	encroûta /ɑ̃.kʁu.ta/	encroûtâmes /ɑ̃.kʁu.tam/	encroûtâtes /ɑ̃.kʁu.tat/	encroûtèrent /ɑ̃.kʁu.tɛʁ/
	future	encroûterai /ɑ̃.kʁu.tʁe/	encroûteras /ɑ̃.kʁu.tʁa/	encroûtera /ɑ̃.kʁu.tʁa/	encroûterons /ɑ̃.kʁu.tʁɔ̃/	encroûterez /ɑ̃.kʁu.tʁe/	encroûteront /ɑ̃.kʁu.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	encroûterais /ɑ̃.kʁu.tʁɛ/	encroûterais /ɑ̃.kʁu.tʁɛ/	encroûterait /ɑ̃.kʁu.tʁɛ/	encroûterions /ɑ̃.kʁu.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	encroûteriez /ɑ̃.kʁu.tə.ʁje/	encroûteraient /ɑ̃.kʁu.tʁɛ/
(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	encroûte /ɑ̃.kʁut/	encroûtes /ɑ̃.kʁut/	encroûte /ɑ̃.kʁut/	encroûtions /ɑ̃.kʁu.tjɔ̃/	encroûtiez /ɑ̃.kʁu.tje/	encroûtent /ɑ̃.kʁut/
	imperfect2	encroûtasse /ɑ̃.kʁu.tas/	encroûtasses /ɑ̃.kʁu.tas/	encroûtât /ɑ̃.kʁu.ta/	encroûtassions /ɑ̃.kʁu.ta.sjɔ̃/	encroûtassiez /ɑ̃.kʁu.ta.sje/	encroûtassent /ɑ̃.kʁu.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	encroûte /ɑ̃.kʁut/	—	encroûtons /ɑ̃.kʁu.tɔ̃/	encroûtez /ɑ̃.kʁu.te/	—
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

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