ensoutaner
French, verb/ɑ̃.su.ta.ne/
ensoutaner is spelled E-N-S-O-U-T-A-N-E-R (10 letters). Ensoutaner is a French verb meaning “to ordain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire porter la soutane à (quelqu’un), le faire devenir prêtre”.
What does ensoutaner mean in English?
verb
- 1
archaicto ordain
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire porter la soutane à (quelqu’un), le faire devenir prêtre.
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 ensoutaner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- ensoutanant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- ensoutané participle past
- ensoutane first-person indicative present
- ensoutanes indicative present second-person
- ensoutanons first-person indicative plural
- ensoutanez indicative plural present
- ensoutanent indicative plural present
- ensoutanais first-person imperfect indicative
- ensoutanait imperfect indicative singular
- ensoutanions first-person imperfect indicative
- ensoutaniez imperfect indicative plural
- ensoutanaient imperfect indicative plural
- ensoutanai first-person historic indicative
- ensoutanas historic indicative past
- ensoutana historic indicative past
- ensoutanâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ensoutaner?
- /ɑ̃.su.ta.ne/
- \ɑ̃.su.ta.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.