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enraciner
enraciner
French
Verb
enraciner
- (transitive, e.g. of a tree) to root
- (transitive) to cause to take root
- (reflexive, e.g. of a tree) to take root
- (reflexive, e.g. of an immigrant) to settle down
- s'enraciner au bord de la mer - to settle down by the sea
Conjugation
Conjugation of enraciner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | enraciner | avoir enraciné | |||||
| gerund | en enracinant | en ayant enraciné | |||||
| present participle | enracinant /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | enraciné /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | enracine /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/ |
enracines /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/ |
enracine /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/ |
enracinons /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɔ̃/ |
enracinez /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.ne/ |
enracinent /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/ |
| imperfect | enracinais /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɛ/ |
enracinais /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɛ/ |
enracinait /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɛ/ |
enracinions /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.njɔ̃/ |
enraciniez /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nje/ |
enracinaient /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | enracinai /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.ne/ |
enracinas /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.na/ |
enracina /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.na/ |
enracinâmes /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nam/ |
enracinâtes /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nat/ |
enracinèrent /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | enracinerai /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁe/ |
enracineras /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁa/ |
enracinera /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁa/ |
enracinerons /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁɔ̃/ |
enracinerez /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁe/ |
enracineront /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | enracinerais /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁɛ/ |
enracinerais /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁɛ/ |
enracinerait /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁɛ/ |
enracinerions /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enracineriez /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nə.ʁje/ |
enracineraient /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | enracine /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/ |
enracines /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/ |
enracine /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/ |
enracinions /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.njɔ̃/ |
enraciniez /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nje/ |
enracinent /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/ |
| imperfect1 |
enracinasse /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nas/ |
enracinasses /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nas/ |
enracinât /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.na/ |
enracinassions /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.na.sjɔ̃/ |
enracinassiez /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.na.sje/ |
enracinassent /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | enracine /ɑ̃.ʁa.sin/ |
— | enracinons /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.nɔ̃/ |
enracinez /ɑ̃.ʁa.si.ne/ |
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Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Verb
enraciner
- to enroot (of a plant, to attach its roots)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of enraciner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | enraciner | avoir enraciné | |||||
| gerund | en enracinant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | enracinant | ||||||
| past participle | enraciné | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | enracin | enracines | enracine | enracinons | enracinez | enracinent |
| imperfect | enracinoie, enracineie, enracinoe, enracineve | enracinoies, enracineies, enracinoes, enracineves | enracinoit, enracineit, enracinot, enracineve | enraciniiens, enraciniens | enraciniiez, enraciniez | enracinoient, enracineient, enracinoent, enracinevent | |
| preterite | enracinai | enracinas | enracina | enracinames | enracinastes | enracinerent | |
| future | enracinerai | enracineras | enracinera | enracinerons | enracineroiz, enracinereiz, enracinerez | enracineront | |
| conditional | enracineroie, enracinereie | enracineroies, enracinereies | enracineroit, enracinereit | enracineriiens, enracineriens | enracineriiez, enracineriez | enracineroient, enracinereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | enracin | enracins | enracint | enracinons | enracinez | enracinent |
| imperfect | enracinasse | enracinasses | enracinast | enracinissons, enracinissiens | enracinissoiz, enracinissez, enracinissiez | enracinassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | enracine | — | enracinons | enracinez | — | ||
References
- “enraciner” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (enraciner, supplement)