enclaver
French, verb/ɑ̃.kla.ve/
enclaver is spelled E-N-C-L-A-V-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enclaver is a French verb meaning “to shut in, to enclave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire entrer un terrain dans un autre”.
What does enclaver mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shut in, to enclave
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire entrer un terrain dans un autre. 2. Engager une chose dans une autre en la faisant empiéter. 3. Fixer une chose à une autre. 4. (surtout utilisé dans le sud de la France) Comprendre.
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 enclaver
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- enclavant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- enclavé participle past
- enclave first-person indicative present
- enclaves indicative present second-person
- enclavons first-person indicative plural
- enclavez indicative plural present
- enclavent indicative plural present
- enclavais first-person imperfect indicative
- enclavait imperfect indicative singular
- enclavions first-person imperfect indicative
- enclaviez imperfect indicative plural
- enclavaient imperfect indicative plural
- enclavai first-person historic indicative
- enclavas historic indicative past
- enclava historic indicative past
- enclavâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enclaver?
- /ɑ̃.kla.ve/
- \ɑ̃.kla.ve\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is enclaver in French?
enclaver appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).