encadrer
French, verb/ɑ̃.ka.dʁe/
encadrer is spelled E-N-C-A-D-R-E-R (8 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written French, the 13,339th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encadrer is a French verb meaning “to frame” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mettre dans un cadre”.
What does encadrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to frame
encadrer votre portrait
- 2
to surround, outline
- 3
to supervise, overlook
- 4
to create a framework or rules for, to regulate
Le gouvernement a adopté une nouvelle loi pour encadrer la pratique de la psychothérapie.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mettre dans un cadre. 2. Entourer avec le dessein d’embellir ou de fortifier. 3. Insérer dans un écrit ou dans un discours. 4. Surveiller et animer un groupe dont on a la responsabilité.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of encadrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- encadrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- encadré participle past
- encadre first-person indicative present
- encadres indicative present second-person
- encadrons first-person indicative plural
- encadrez indicative plural present
- encadrent indicative plural present
- encadrais first-person imperfect indicative
- encadrait imperfect indicative singular
- encadrions first-person imperfect indicative
- encadriez imperfect indicative plural
- encadraient imperfect indicative plural
- encadrai first-person historic indicative
- encadras historic indicative past
- encadra historic indicative past
- encadrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encadrer?
- /ɑ̃.ka.dʁe/
- /ɑ̃.kɑ.dʁe/
- \ɑ̃.ka.dʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to encadrer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encadrer in French?
encadrer appears 3.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).