encaisser

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ caisse +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.kɛ.se/ ~ /ɑ̃.ke.se/

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Verb

encaisser

1. to collect, to cash

   Coordinate term: décaisser

2. (sports) to let in, concede
3. (slang) to take

   encaisser un coup ― to take a blow

4. (slang) to stand, to tolerate

   Je ne peux pas l'encaisser. ― I can't stand him.

   • 2006, Virginie Despentes, “Impossible de violer cette femme…”, in King Kong Théorie [King Kong Theory], Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 38:

     Jusque-là, je m'étais dit que j'avais bien encaissé, que j'avais la peau dure et autre chose à foutre dans la vie que laisser trois ploucs me traumatiser.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of encaisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	encaisser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	encaissant /ɑ̃.kɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		encaissé /ɑ̃.kɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ke.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	encaisse /ɑ̃.kɛs/	encaisses /ɑ̃.kɛs/	encaisse /ɑ̃.kɛs/	encaissons /ɑ̃.kɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sɔ̃/	encaissez /ɑ̃.kɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ke.se/	encaissent /ɑ̃.kɛs/
	imperfect	encaissais /ɑ̃.kɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sɛ/	encaissais /ɑ̃.kɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sɛ/	encaissait /ɑ̃.kɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sɛ/	encaissions /ɑ̃.kɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sjɔ̃/	encaissiez /ɑ̃.kɛ.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sje/	encaissaient /ɑ̃.kɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sɛ/
	past historic2	encaissai /ɑ̃.kɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ke.se/	encaissas /ɑ̃.kɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sa/	encaissa /ɑ̃.kɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sa/	encaissâmes /ɑ̃.kɛ.sam/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sam/	encaissâtes /ɑ̃.kɛ.sat/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sat/	encaissèrent /ɑ̃.kɛ.sɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sɛʁ/
	future	encaisserai /ɑ̃.kɛ.sʁe/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sʁe/	encaisseras /ɑ̃.kɛ.sʁa/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sʁa/	encaissera /ɑ̃.kɛ.sʁa/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sʁa/	encaisserons /ɑ̃.kɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sʁɔ̃/	encaisserez /ɑ̃.kɛ.sʁe/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sʁe/	encaisseront /ɑ̃.kɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	encaisserais /ɑ̃.kɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sʁɛ/	encaisserais /ɑ̃.kɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sʁɛ/	encaisserait /ɑ̃.kɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sʁɛ/	encaisserions /ɑ̃.kɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	encaisseriez /ɑ̃.kɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sə.ʁje/	encaisseraient /ɑ̃.kɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.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	encaisse /ɑ̃.kɛs/	encaisses /ɑ̃.kɛs/	encaisse /ɑ̃.kɛs/	encaissions /ɑ̃.kɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sjɔ̃/	encaissiez /ɑ̃.kɛ.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sje/	encaissent /ɑ̃.kɛs/
	imperfect2	encaissasse /ɑ̃.kɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sas/	encaissasses /ɑ̃.kɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sas/	encaissât /ɑ̃.kɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sa/	encaissassions /ɑ̃.kɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sa.sjɔ̃/	encaissassiez /ɑ̃.kɛ.sa.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sa.sje/	encaissassent /ɑ̃.kɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	encaisse /ɑ̃.kɛs/	—	encaissons /ɑ̃.kɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sɔ̃/	encaissez /ɑ̃.kɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ke.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).

Derived terms

• encaissement
• rencaisser

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• encirasse, recensais