enfermer

French

Etymology

From en- + fermer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.fɛʁ.me/
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Verb

enfermer

  1. (transitive) to lock up, lock in, lock away
    • 2015, Zaz, Si jamais j'oublie:
      Et s’il me prend l’envie d’ m’en aller, enferme-moi et jette la clé.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (transitive) to imprison, entrap
  3. (transitive, literary) to enclose, contain

Conjugation
Conjugation of enfermer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple enfermer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple enfermant
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle enfermé
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present enferme
/ɑ̃.fɛʁm/		 enfermes
/ɑ̃.fɛʁm/		 enferme
/ɑ̃.fɛʁm/		 enfermons
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mɔ̃/		 enfermez
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.me/		 enferment
/ɑ̃.fɛʁm/
imperfect enfermais
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mɛ/		 enfermais
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mɛ/		 enfermait
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mɛ/		 enfermions
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mjɔ̃/		 enfermiez
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mje/		 enfermaient
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mɛ/
past historic2 enfermai
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.me/		 enfermas
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.ma/		 enferma
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.ma/		 enfermâmes
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mam/		 enfermâtes
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mat/		 enfermèrent
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mɛʁ/
future enfermerai
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mə.ʁe/		 enfermeras
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mə.ʁa/		 enfermera
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mə.ʁa/		 enfermerons
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/		 enfermerez
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mə.ʁe/		 enfermeront
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional enfermerais
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/		 enfermerais
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/		 enfermerait
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/		 enfermerions
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/		 enfermeriez
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mə.ʁje/		 enfermeraient
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mə.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 enferme
/ɑ̃.fɛʁm/		 enfermes
/ɑ̃.fɛʁm/		 enferme
/ɑ̃.fɛʁm/		 enfermions
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mjɔ̃/		 enfermiez
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mje/		 enferment
/ɑ̃.fɛʁm/
imperfect2 enfermasse
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mas/		 enfermasses
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mas/		 enfermât
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.ma/		 enfermassions
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/		 enfermassiez
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.ma.sje/		 enfermassent
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — enferme
/ɑ̃.fɛʁm/		 — enfermons
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.mɔ̃/		 enfermez
/ɑ̃.fɛʁ.me/		 —
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).

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