ensorceler

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ sorcier (“sorcerer”) +‎ -er, with dissimilation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.le/

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Verb

ensorceler

1. to ensorcell: to enchant; to cast a spell
2. (figuratively) to captivate; to enchant

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il ensorcèle and the third-person singular future indicative il ensorcèlera.

Conjugation of ensorceler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ensorceler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ensorcelant /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ensorcelé /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ensorcèle /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl/	ensorcèles /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl/	ensorcèle /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl/	ensorcelons /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lɔ̃/	ensorcelez /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.le/	ensorcèlent /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl/
	imperfect	ensorcelais /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lɛ/	ensorcelais /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lɛ/	ensorcelait /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lɛ/	ensorcelions /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.ljɔ̃/	ensorceliez /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lje/	ensorcelaient /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lɛ/
	past historic2	ensorcelai /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.le/	ensorcelas /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.la/	ensorcela /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.la/	ensorcelâmes /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lam/	ensorcelâtes /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lat/	ensorcelèrent /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lɛʁ/
	future	ensorcèlerai /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl.ʁe/	ensorcèleras /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl.ʁa/	ensorcèlera /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl.ʁa/	ensorcèlerons /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/	ensorcèlerez /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl.ʁe/	ensorcèleront /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ensorcèlerais /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl.ʁɛ/	ensorcèlerais /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl.ʁɛ/	ensorcèlerait /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl.ʁɛ/	ensorcèlerions /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.se.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	ensorcèleriez /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.se.lə.ʁje/	ensorcèleraient /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl.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	ensorcèle /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl/	ensorcèles /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl/	ensorcèle /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl/	ensorcelions /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.ljɔ̃/	ensorceliez /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lje/	ensorcèlent /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl/
	imperfect2	ensorcelasse /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.las/	ensorcelasses /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.las/	ensorcelât /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.la/	ensorcelassions /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.la.sjɔ̃/	ensorcelassiez /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.la.sje/	ensorcelassent /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ensorcèle /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sɛl/	—	ensorcelons /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.lɔ̃/	ensorcelez /ɑ̃.sɔʁ.sə.le/	—
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).

Related terms

• sorcellerie

Further reading

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