engainer

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ gaine +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.ne/ ~ /ɑ̃.ɡe.ne/

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Verb

engainer

1. to sheathe

Conjugation

Conjugation of engainer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	engainer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	engainant /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		engainé /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.ne/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	engaine /ɑ̃.ɡɛn/	engaines /ɑ̃.ɡɛn/	engaine /ɑ̃.ɡɛn/	engainons /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.nɔ̃/	engainez /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.ne/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.ne/	engainent /ɑ̃.ɡɛn/
	imperfect	engainais /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.nɛ/	engainais /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.nɛ/	engainait /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.nɛ/	engainions /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.njɔ̃/	engainiez /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nje/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.nje/	engainaient /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.nɛ/
	past historic2	engainai /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.ne/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.ne/	engainas /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.na/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.na/	engaina /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.na/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.na/	engainâmes /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nam/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.nam/	engainâtes /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nat/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.nat/	engainèrent /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.nɛʁ/
	future	engainerai /ɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁe/	engaineras /ɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁa/	engainera /ɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁa/	engainerons /ɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁɔ̃/	engainerez /ɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁe/	engaineront /ɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	engainerais /ɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁɛ/	engainerais /ɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁɛ/	engainerait /ɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁɛ/	engainerions /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	engaineriez /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.nə.ʁje/	engaineraient /ɑ̃.ɡɛn.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	engaine /ɑ̃.ɡɛn/	engaines /ɑ̃.ɡɛn/	engaine /ɑ̃.ɡɛn/	engainions /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.njɔ̃/	engainiez /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nje/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.nje/	engainent /ɑ̃.ɡɛn/
	imperfect2	engainasse /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nas/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.nas/	engainasses /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nas/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.nas/	engainât /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.na/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.na/	engainassions /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.na.sjɔ̃/	engainassiez /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.na.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.na.sje/	engainassent /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nas/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	engaine /ɑ̃.ɡɛn/	—	engainons /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.nɔ̃/	engainez /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.ne/ or /ɑ̃.ɡe.ne/	—
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

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

Anagrams

• rengaine, rengainé