engainer
French, verb/ɑ̃.ɡɛ.ne/
engainer is a French verb meaning “to sheathe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mettre dans une gaine”.
What does engainer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sheathe
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mettre dans une gaine.
verb: 1. Mettre en gaîne. 2. Envelopper les tiges par la base, en parlant des feuilles. 3. Être engaîné.
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 engainer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- engainant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- engainé participle past
- engaine first-person indicative present
- engaines indicative present second-person
- engainons first-person indicative plural
- engainez indicative plural present
- engainent indicative plural present
- engainais first-person imperfect indicative
- engainait imperfect indicative singular
- engainions first-person imperfect indicative
- engainiez imperfect indicative plural
- engainaient imperfect indicative plural
- engainai first-person historic indicative
- engainas historic indicative past
- engaina historic indicative past
- engainâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engainer?
- /ɑ̃.ɡɛ.ne/
- /ɑ̃.ɡe.ne/
- \ɑ̃.ɡe.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to engainer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.