enrouler

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ rouler.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ʁu.le/
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Verb

enrouler

  1. to wind, curl (around)
    • 2010 December, Carnets de Voyages‎:
      Il a fixé la lampe torche avec un morceaux de chambre à air découpé en lanière, et l’a enroulé autour de la tête.
      He tied the flashlight with a piece of inner tube cut from a strap and wrapped it around the head.
  2. (informal) to make out with, to score with, to get off with (to kiss someone)
    Synonym: emballer

Conjugation
Conjugation of enrouler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple enrouler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple enroulant
/ɑ̃.ʁu.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle enroulé
/ɑ̃.ʁu.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present enroule
/ɑ̃.ʁul/		 enroules
/ɑ̃.ʁul/		 enroule
/ɑ̃.ʁul/		 enroulons
/ɑ̃.ʁu.lɔ̃/		 enroulez
/ɑ̃.ʁu.le/		 enroulent
/ɑ̃.ʁul/
imperfect enroulais
/ɑ̃.ʁu.lɛ/		 enroulais
/ɑ̃.ʁu.lɛ/		 enroulait
/ɑ̃.ʁu.lɛ/		 enroulions
/ɑ̃.ʁu.ljɔ̃/		 enrouliez
/ɑ̃.ʁu.lje/		 enroulaient
/ɑ̃.ʁu.lɛ/
past historic2 enroulai
/ɑ̃.ʁu.le/		 enroulas
/ɑ̃.ʁu.la/		 enroula
/ɑ̃.ʁu.la/		 enroulâmes
/ɑ̃.ʁu.lam/		 enroulâtes
/ɑ̃.ʁu.lat/		 enroulèrent
/ɑ̃.ʁu.lɛʁ/
future enroulerai
/ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁe/		 enrouleras
/ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁa/		 enroulera
/ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁa/		 enroulerons
/ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁɔ̃/		 enroulerez
/ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁe/		 enrouleront
/ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁɔ̃/
conditional enroulerais
/ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁɛ/		 enroulerais
/ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁɛ/		 enroulerait
/ɑ̃.ʁul.ʁɛ/		 enroulerions
/ɑ̃.ʁu.lə.ʁjɔ̃/		 enrouleriez
/ɑ̃.ʁu.lə.ʁje/		 enrouleraient
/ɑ̃.ʁul.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 enroule
/ɑ̃.ʁul/		 enroules
/ɑ̃.ʁul/		 enroule
/ɑ̃.ʁul/		 enroulions
/ɑ̃.ʁu.ljɔ̃/		 enrouliez
/ɑ̃.ʁu.lje/		 enroulent
/ɑ̃.ʁul/
imperfect2 enroulasse
/ɑ̃.ʁu.las/		 enroulasses
/ɑ̃.ʁu.las/		 enroulât
/ɑ̃.ʁu.la/		 enroulassions
/ɑ̃.ʁu.la.sjɔ̃/		 enroulassiez
/ɑ̃.ʁu.la.sje/		 enroulassent
/ɑ̃.ʁu.las/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — enroule
/ɑ̃.ʁul/		 — enroulons
/ɑ̃.ʁu.lɔ̃/		 enroulez
/ɑ̃.ʁu.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).

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