enserrer
French, verb/ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁe/
enserrer is spelled E-N-S-E-R-R-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 119,721st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enserrer is a French verb meaning “to clasp, to hold on tightly around (something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enfermer ; enclore”.
What does enserrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to clasp, to hold on tightly around (something)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Enfermer ; enclore. 2. Tenu entre les serres d'un rapace.
verb: 1. Mettre dans une serre.
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 enserrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- enserrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- enserré participle past
- enserre first-person indicative present
- enserres indicative present second-person
- enserrons first-person indicative plural
- enserrez indicative plural present
- enserrent indicative plural present
- enserrais first-person imperfect indicative
- enserrait imperfect indicative singular
- enserrions first-person imperfect indicative
- enserriez imperfect indicative plural
- enserraient imperfect indicative plural
- enserrai first-person historic indicative
- enserras historic indicative past
- enserra historic indicative past
- enserrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enserrer?
- /ɑ̃.sɛ.ʁe/
- /ɑ̃.se.ʁe/
- \ɑ̃.se.ʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is enserrer in French?
enserrer appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).