enrocher

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ rocher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃe/

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Verb

enrocher

1. (archaeology) to encrust
2. to riprap, to rock

Conjugation

Conjugation of enrocher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	enrocher
compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	enrochant /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃɑ̃/
compound	ayant + past participle
past participle	enroché /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃe/
	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enroche /ɑ̃.ʁɔʃ/	enroches /ɑ̃.ʁɔʃ/	enroche /ɑ̃.ʁɔʃ/	enrochons /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃɔ̃/	enrochez /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃe/	enrochent /ɑ̃.ʁɔʃ/
imperfect	enrochais /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃɛ/	enrochais /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃɛ/	enrochait /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃɛ/	enrochions /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃjɔ̃/	enrochiez /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃje/	enrochaient /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃɛ/
past historic2	enrochai /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃe/	enrochas /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃa/	enrocha /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃa/	enrochâmes /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃam/	enrochâtes /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃat/	enrochèrent /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃɛʁ/
future	enrocherai /ɑ̃.ʁɔʃ.ʁe/	enrocheras /ɑ̃.ʁɔʃ.ʁa/	enrochera /ɑ̃.ʁɔʃ.ʁa/	enrocherons /ɑ̃.ʁɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/	enrocherez /ɑ̃.ʁɔʃ.ʁe/	enrocheront /ɑ̃.ʁɔʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional	enrocherais /ɑ̃.ʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/	enrocherais /ɑ̃.ʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/	enrocherait /ɑ̃.ʁɔʃ.ʁɛ/	enrocherions /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	enrocheriez /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃə.ʁje/	enrocheraient /ɑ̃.ʁɔʃ.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	enroche /ɑ̃.ʁɔʃ/	enroches /ɑ̃.ʁɔʃ/	enroche /ɑ̃.ʁɔʃ/	enrochions /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃjɔ̃/	enrochiez /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃje/	enrochent /ɑ̃.ʁɔʃ/
imperfect2	enrochasse /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃas/	enrochasses /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃas/	enrochât /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃa/	enrochassions /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	enrochassiez /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃa.sje/	enrochassent /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative	–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple	—	enroche /ɑ̃.ʁɔʃ/	—	enrochons /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃɔ̃/	enrochez /ɑ̃.ʁɔ.ʃe/	—
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

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