encalminer
French, verb/ɑ̃.kal.mi.ne/
encalminer is spelled E-N-C-A-L-M-I-N-E-R (10 letters). Encalminer is a French verb meaning “to becalm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire cesser, ou cesser d’avancer, par manque de vent”.
What does encalminer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to becalm
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire cesser, ou cesser d’avancer, par manque de vent. 2. Bloquer l’avancement, le progrès.
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 encalminer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- encalminant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- encalminé participle past
- encalmine first-person indicative present
- encalmines indicative present second-person
- encalminons first-person indicative plural
- encalminez indicative plural present
- encalminent indicative plural present
- encalminais first-person imperfect indicative
- encalminait imperfect indicative singular
- encalminions first-person imperfect indicative
- encalminiez imperfect indicative plural
- encalminaient imperfect indicative plural
- encalminai first-person historic indicative
- encalminas historic indicative past
- encalmina historic indicative past
- encalminâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encalminer?
- /ɑ̃.kal.mi.ne/
- \ɑ̃.kal.mi.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.