ensanglanter
French, verb/ɑ̃.sɑ̃.ɡlɑ̃.te/
ensanglanter is spelled E-N-S-A-N-G-L-A-N-T-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written French, the 192,066th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ensanglanter is a French verb meaning “to cover with shed blood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre sanglant, tacher de sang”.
What does ensanglanter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cover with shed blood
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre sanglant, tacher de sang. 2. Être sanglant, dégénérer en combats mortels. 3. Rendre rouge sang.
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 ensanglanter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- ensanglantant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- ensanglanté participle past
- ensanglante first-person indicative present
- ensanglantes indicative present second-person
- ensanglantons first-person indicative plural
- ensanglantez indicative plural present
- ensanglantent indicative plural present
- ensanglantais first-person imperfect indicative
- ensanglantait imperfect indicative singular
- ensanglantions first-person imperfect indicative
- ensanglantiez imperfect indicative plural
- ensanglantaient imperfect indicative plural
- ensanglantai first-person historic indicative
- ensanglantas historic indicative past
- ensanglanta historic indicative past
- ensanglantâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ensanglanter?
- /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.ɡlɑ̃.te/
- \ɑ̃.sɑ̃.ɡlɑ̃.te\
- [ɑ̃.sɑ̃.ɡlɑ̃.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ensanglanter in French?
ensanglanter appears about once in every 36 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).