encrer
French, verb/ɑ̃.kʁe/
encrer is spelled E-N-C-R-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 129,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encrer is a French verb meaning “to ink (to apply ink to)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Charger, enduire d’encre”.
What does encrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ink (to apply ink to)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Charger, enduire d’encre.
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 encrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- encrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- encré participle past
- encre first-person indicative present
- encres indicative present second-person
- encrons first-person indicative plural
- encrez indicative plural present
- encrent indicative plural present
- encrais first-person imperfect indicative
- encrait imperfect indicative singular
- encrions first-person imperfect indicative
- encriez imperfect indicative plural
- encraient imperfect indicative plural
- encrai first-person historic indicative
- encras historic indicative past
- encra historic indicative past
- encrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encrer?
- /ɑ̃.kʁe/
- \ɑ̃.kʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to encrer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encrer in French?
encrer appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).