enfoncer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.se/
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Verb
enfoncer
- (transitive) to push in, to press in, to drive in
- (transitive) to break open, to break down
- 1846, Louis Reybaud, Jérôme Paturot:
- Ouvrez, ou j'enfonce la porte.
- Open up, or I'll break down the door.
- Ouvrez, ou j'enfonce la porte.
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- (transitive) to defeat, to thrash
- (intransitive) to sink down
- (reflexive, s'enfoncer) to bury oneself; to immerse oneself
Conjugation
This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.
Conjugation of enfoncer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | enfoncer | avoir enfoncé | |||||
| gerund | en enfonçant | en ayant enfoncé | |||||
| present participle | enfonçant /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | enfoncé /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.se/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | enfonce /ɑ̃.fɔ̃s/ |
enfonces /ɑ̃.fɔ̃s/ |
enfonce /ɑ̃.fɔ̃s/ |
enfonçons /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
enfoncez /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.se/ |
enfoncent /ɑ̃.fɔ̃s/ |
| imperfect | enfonçais /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sɛ/ |
enfonçais /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sɛ/ |
enfonçait /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sɛ/ |
enfoncions /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
enfonciez /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sje/ |
enfonçaient /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | enfonçai /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.se/ |
enfonças /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sa/ |
enfonça /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sa/ |
enfonçâmes /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sam/ |
enfonçâtes /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sat/ |
enfoncèrent /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | enfoncerai /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sʁe/ |
enfonceras /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sʁa/ |
enfoncera /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sʁa/ |
enfoncerons /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
enfoncerez /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sʁe/ |
enfonceront /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | enfoncerais /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
enfoncerais /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
enfoncerait /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
enfoncerions /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enfonceriez /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
enfonceraient /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sʁɛ/ | |
| 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 | enfonce /ɑ̃.fɔ̃s/ |
enfonces /ɑ̃.fɔ̃s/ |
enfonce /ɑ̃.fɔ̃s/ |
enfoncions /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
enfonciez /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sje/ |
enfoncent /ɑ̃.fɔ̃s/ |
| imperfect1 | enfonçasse /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sas/ |
enfonçasses /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sas/ |
enfonçât /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sa/ |
enfonçassions /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
enfonçassiez /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sa.sje/ |
enfonçassent /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sas/ | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | enfonce /ɑ̃.fɔ̃s/ |
— | enfonçons /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
enfoncez /ɑ̃.fɔ̃.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
- enfonçage
Further reading
- “enfoncer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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