engluer
French, verb/ɑ̃.ɡly.e/
engluer is spelled E-N-G-L-U-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 125,137th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engluer is a French verb meaning “to birdlime” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enduire de glu ou de toute matière gluante”.
What does engluer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to birdlime
- 2
to get bogged down
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Enduire de glu ou de toute matière gluante. 2. Prendre à la glu. 3. Prendre dans un piège duquel la victime ne peut échapper. 4. S’enferrer, s’empêtrer.
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 engluer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- engluant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- englué participle past
- englue first-person indicative present
- englues indicative present second-person
- engluons first-person indicative plural
- engluez indicative plural present
- engluent indicative plural present
- engluais first-person imperfect indicative
- engluait imperfect indicative singular
- engluions first-person imperfect indicative
- engluiez imperfect indicative plural
- engluaient imperfect indicative plural
- engluai first-person historic indicative
- engluas historic indicative past
- englua historic indicative past
- engluâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engluer?
- /ɑ̃.ɡly.e/
- \ɑ̃.ɡly.e\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is engluer in French?
engluer appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).