encirer
French, verb/ɑ̃.si.ʁe/
encirer is spelled E-N-C-I-R-E-R (7 letters). Encirer is a French verb meaning “to wax, wax up (cover or seal with wax)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enduire de cire”.
What does encirer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wax, wax up (cover or seal with wax)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Enduire de cire. 2. Représenter avec de la cire.
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 encirer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- encirant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- enciré participle past
- encire first-person indicative present
- encires indicative present second-person
- encirons first-person indicative plural
- encirez indicative plural present
- encirent indicative plural present
- encirais first-person imperfect indicative
- encirait imperfect indicative singular
- encirions first-person imperfect indicative
- enciriez imperfect indicative plural
- enciraient imperfect indicative plural
- encirai first-person historic indicative
- enciras historic indicative past
- encira historic indicative past
- encirâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encirer?
- /ɑ̃.si.ʁe/
- \ɑ̃.si.ʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.