encenser

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin incēnsāre. By surface analysis, encens +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.se/

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Verb

encenser

1. (transitive) to cense, to incense
2. (transitive, figuratively) to acclaim, to sing the praises of

   Synonym: porter aux nues

   un écrivain encensé par la critique ― a writer acclaimed by critics

Conjugation

Conjugation of encenser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	encenser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	encensant /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		encensé /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	encense /ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/	encenses /ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/	encense /ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/	encensons /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɔ̃/	encensez /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.se/	encensent /ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/
	imperfect	encensais /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɛ/	encensais /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɛ/	encensait /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɛ/	encensions /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	encensiez /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sje/	encensaient /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	encensai /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.se/	encensas /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sa/	encensa /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sa/	encensâmes /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sam/	encensâtes /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sat/	encensèrent /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	encenserai /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁe/	encenseras /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁa/	encensera /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁa/	encenserons /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/	encenserez /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁe/	encenseront /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	encenserais /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁɛ/	encenserais /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁɛ/	encenserait /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁɛ/	encenserions /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	encenseriez /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sə.ʁje/	encenseraient /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sʁɛ/
(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	encense /ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/	encenses /ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/	encense /ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/	encensions /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	encensiez /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sje/	encensent /ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/
	imperfect2	encensasse /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sas/	encensasses /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sas/	encensât /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sa/	encensassions /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	encensassiez /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sa.sje/	encensassent /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	encense /ɑ̃.sɑ̃s/	—	encensons /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.sɔ̃/	encensez /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.se/	—
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

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