encager
French, verb/ɑ̃.ka.ʒe/
encager is spelled E-N-C-A-G-E-R (7 letters). Encager is a French verb meaning “to cage, encage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mettre ou maintenir en cage”.
What does encager mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cage, encage
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mettre ou maintenir en cage. 2. Enfermer, emprisonner comme dans une cage, séquestrer. 3. Retenir une personne ou une chose bloquée et impuissante, comme un oiseau en cage.
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 encager
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- encageant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- encagé participle past
- encage first-person indicative present
- encages indicative present second-person
- encageons first-person indicative plural
- encagez indicative plural present
- encagent indicative plural present
- encageais first-person imperfect indicative
- encageait imperfect indicative singular
- encagions first-person imperfect indicative
- encagiez imperfect indicative plural
- encageaient imperfect indicative plural
- encageai first-person historic indicative
- encageas historic indicative past
- encagea historic indicative past
- encageâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encager?
- /ɑ̃.ka.ʒe/
- \ɑ̃.ka.ʒe\
- [ɑ̃.ka.ʒe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to encager
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.