enclore

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French enclore, from Vulgar Latin *inclaudere, remodelled from Latin inclūdere. Compare the borrowed doublet inclure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.klɔʁ/

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Verb

enclore

1. to enclose
2. to fortify
3. (reflexive, s'enclore) to fortify

Conjugation

This verb is not conjugated in certain tenses.

Conjugation of enclore (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	enclore
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	enclosant /ɑ̃.klo.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enclos /ɑ̃.klo/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enclos /ɑ̃.klo/	enclos /ɑ̃.klo/	enclôt /ɑ̃.klo/	enclosons /ɑ̃.klo.zɔ̃/	enclosez /ɑ̃.klo.ze/	enclosent /ɑ̃.kloz/
	imperfect	—	—	—	—	—	—
	past historic2	—	—	—	—	—	—
	future	enclorai /ɑ̃.klɔ.ʁe/	encloras /ɑ̃.klɔ.ʁa/	enclora /ɑ̃.klɔ.ʁa/	enclorons /ɑ̃.klɔ.ʁɔ̃/	enclorez /ɑ̃.klɔ.ʁe/	encloront /ɑ̃.klɔ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enclorais /ɑ̃.klɔ.ʁɛ/	enclorais /ɑ̃.klɔ.ʁɛ/	enclorait /ɑ̃.klɔ.ʁɛ/	enclorions /ɑ̃.klɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	encloriez /ɑ̃.klɔ.ʁje/	encloraient /ɑ̃.klɔ.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	enclose /ɑ̃.kloz/	encloses /ɑ̃.kloz/	enclose /ɑ̃.kloz/	enclosions /ɑ̃.klo.zjɔ̃/	enclosiez /ɑ̃.klo.zje/	enclosent /ɑ̃.kloz/
	imperfect2	—	—	—	—	—	—
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	enclos /ɑ̃.klo/	—	enclosons /ɑ̃.klo.zɔ̃/	enclosez /ɑ̃.klo.ze/	—
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).

Derived terms

• enclos

Related terms

• clore

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *inclaudere, remodelled from Latin inclūdere.

Verb

enclore

1. to enclose (form, create a boundary around something)
2. to include

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of enclore (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		enclore			avoir enclos
gerund		en encloant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		encloant
past participle		enclos
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	enclo	encloz	enclot	encloons	encloez	encloent
	imperfect	enclooie, encloeie	enclooies, encloeies	enclooit, encloeit	encloïiens, encloïens	encloïiez, encloïez	enclooient, encloeient
	preterite	enclos	encloṣis	enclost	encloṣimes	encloṣistes	enclosdrent
	future	enclorai, enclorrai	encloras, enclorras	enclora, enclorra	enclorons, enclorrons	encloroiz, encloreiz, enclorez, enclorroiz, enclorreiz, enclorrez	encloront, enclorront
	conditional	encloroie, encloreie, enclorroie, enclorreie	encloroies, encloreies, enclorroies, enclorreies	encloroit, encloreit, enclorroit, enclorreit	encloriiens, encloriens, enclorriiens, enclorriens	encloriiez, encloriez, enclorriiez, enclorriez	encloroient, encloreient, enclorroient, enclorreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	encloe	encloes	encloe	encloons	encloez	encloent
	imperfect	encloṣisse	encloṣisses	encloṣist	encloṣissons, encloṣissiens	encloṣissoiz, encloṣissez, encloṣissiez	encloṣissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	enclo	—	encloons	encloez	—

Descendants

• French: enclore
• →⇒ Middle English: enclosen
  • English: enclose

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (enclore, supplement)
• enclore on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub