enseller

French

Etymology

Attested in Old French as enseler, from en- +‎ selle +‎ -er. Compare Spanish ensillar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.sɛ.le/, /ɑ̃.se.le/
• Rhymes: -e

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Verb

enseller

1. to saddle (a horse, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of enseller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	enseller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ensellant /ɑ̃.sɛ.lɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ensellé /ɑ̃.sɛ.le/ or /ɑ̃.se.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enselle /ɑ̃.sɛl/	enselles /ɑ̃.sɛl/	enselle /ɑ̃.sɛl/	ensellons /ɑ̃.sɛ.lɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.lɔ̃/	ensellez /ɑ̃.sɛ.le/ or /ɑ̃.se.le/	ensellent /ɑ̃.sɛl/
	imperfect	ensellais /ɑ̃.sɛ.lɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.lɛ/	ensellais /ɑ̃.sɛ.lɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.lɛ/	ensellait /ɑ̃.sɛ.lɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.lɛ/	ensellions /ɑ̃.sɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ljɔ̃/	enselliez /ɑ̃.sɛ.lje/ or /ɑ̃.se.lje/	ensellaient /ɑ̃.sɛ.lɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.lɛ/
	past historic2	ensellai /ɑ̃.sɛ.le/ or /ɑ̃.se.le/	ensellas /ɑ̃.sɛ.la/ or /ɑ̃.se.la/	ensella /ɑ̃.sɛ.la/ or /ɑ̃.se.la/	ensellâmes /ɑ̃.sɛ.lam/ or /ɑ̃.se.lam/	ensellâtes /ɑ̃.sɛ.lat/ or /ɑ̃.se.lat/	ensellèrent /ɑ̃.sɛ.lɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.se.lɛʁ/
	future	ensellerai /ɑ̃.sɛl.ʁe/	enselleras /ɑ̃.sɛl.ʁa/	ensellera /ɑ̃.sɛl.ʁa/	ensellerons /ɑ̃.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/	ensellerez /ɑ̃.sɛl.ʁe/	enselleront /ɑ̃.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ensellerais /ɑ̃.sɛl.ʁɛ/	ensellerais /ɑ̃.sɛl.ʁɛ/	ensellerait /ɑ̃.sɛl.ʁɛ/	ensellerions /ɑ̃.sɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	enselleriez /ɑ̃.sɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.se.lə.ʁje/	enselleraient /ɑ̃.sɛl.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	enselle /ɑ̃.sɛl/	enselles /ɑ̃.sɛl/	enselle /ɑ̃.sɛl/	ensellions /ɑ̃.sɛ.ljɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ljɔ̃/	enselliez /ɑ̃.sɛ.lje/ or /ɑ̃.se.lje/	ensellent /ɑ̃.sɛl/
	imperfect2	ensellasse /ɑ̃.sɛ.las/ or /ɑ̃.se.las/	ensellasses /ɑ̃.sɛ.las/ or /ɑ̃.se.las/	ensellât /ɑ̃.sɛ.la/ or /ɑ̃.se.la/	ensellassions /ɑ̃.sɛ.la.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.la.sjɔ̃/	ensellassiez /ɑ̃.sɛ.la.sje/ or /ɑ̃.se.la.sje/	ensellassent /ɑ̃.sɛ.las/ or /ɑ̃.se.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	enselle /ɑ̃.sɛl/	—	ensellons /ɑ̃.sɛ.lɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.lɔ̃/	ensellez /ɑ̃.sɛ.le/ or /ɑ̃.se.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).