engaller
French, verb/ɑ̃.ɡa.le/
engaller is a French verb meaning “to dye black by passing through a decoction of gall” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire passer (ce qu'on veut teindre en noir) dans une décoction de galle”.
What does engaller mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dye black by passing through a decoction of gall
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire passer (ce qu'on veut teindre en noir) dans une décoction de galle.
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 engaller
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- engallant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- engallé participle past
- engalle first-person indicative present
- engalles indicative present second-person
- engallons first-person indicative plural
- engallez indicative plural present
- engallent indicative plural present
- engallais first-person imperfect indicative
- engallait imperfect indicative singular
- engallions first-person imperfect indicative
- engalliez imperfect indicative plural
- engallaient imperfect indicative plural
- engallai first-person historic indicative
- engallas historic indicative past
- engalla historic indicative past
- engallâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engaller?
- /ɑ̃.ɡa.le/
- \ɑ̃.ɡa.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.