encaisser
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
encaisser
- to collect, to cash
- Coordinate term: décaisser
- (sports) to let in, concede
- (slang) to take
- encaisser un coup ― to take a blow
- (slang) to stand, to tolerate
- Je ne peux pas l'encaisser. ― I can't stand him.
- 2006, Virginie Despentes, “Impossible de violer cette femme…”, in King Kong Théorie [King Kong Theory], Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 38:
- Jusque-là, je m'étais dit que j'avais bien encaissé, que j'avais la peau dure et autre chose à foutre dans la vie que laisser trois ploucs me traumatiser.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of encaisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | encaisser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | encaissant /ɑ̃.kɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | encaissé /ɑ̃.kɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ke.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | encaisse /ɑ̃.kɛs/ |
encaisses /ɑ̃.kɛs/ |
encaisse /ɑ̃.kɛs/ |
encaissons /ɑ̃.kɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sɔ̃/ |
encaissez /ɑ̃.kɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ke.se/ |
encaissent /ɑ̃.kɛs/ |
| imperfect | encaissais /ɑ̃.kɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sɛ/ |
encaissais /ɑ̃.kɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sɛ/ |
encaissait /ɑ̃.kɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sɛ/ |
encaissions /ɑ̃.kɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sjɔ̃/ |
encaissiez /ɑ̃.kɛ.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sje/ |
encaissaient /ɑ̃.kɛ.sɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | encaissai /ɑ̃.kɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ke.se/ |
encaissas /ɑ̃.kɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sa/ |
encaissa /ɑ̃.kɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sa/ |
encaissâmes /ɑ̃.kɛ.sam/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sam/ |
encaissâtes /ɑ̃.kɛ.sat/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sat/ |
encaissèrent /ɑ̃.kɛ.sɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | encaisserai /ɑ̃.kɛ.sʁe/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sʁe/ |
encaisseras /ɑ̃.kɛ.sʁa/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sʁa/ |
encaissera /ɑ̃.kɛ.sʁa/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sʁa/ |
encaisserons /ɑ̃.kɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sʁɔ̃/ |
encaisserez /ɑ̃.kɛ.sʁe/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sʁe/ |
encaisseront /ɑ̃.kɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | encaisserais /ɑ̃.kɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sʁɛ/ |
encaisserais /ɑ̃.kɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sʁɛ/ |
encaisserait /ɑ̃.kɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sʁɛ/ |
encaisserions /ɑ̃.kɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
encaisseriez /ɑ̃.kɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sə.ʁje/ |
encaisseraient /ɑ̃.kɛ.sʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | encaisse /ɑ̃.kɛs/ |
encaisses /ɑ̃.kɛs/ |
encaisse /ɑ̃.kɛs/ |
encaissions /ɑ̃.kɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sjɔ̃/ |
encaissiez /ɑ̃.kɛ.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sje/ |
encaissent /ɑ̃.kɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | encaissasse /ɑ̃.kɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sas/ |
encaissasses /ɑ̃.kɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sas/ |
encaissât /ɑ̃.kɛ.sa/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sa/ |
encaissassions /ɑ̃.kɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
encaissassiez /ɑ̃.kɛ.sa.sje/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sa.sje/ |
encaissassent /ɑ̃.kɛ.sas/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | encaisse /ɑ̃.kɛs/ |
— | encaissons /ɑ̃.kɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.ke.sɔ̃/ |
encaissez /ɑ̃.kɛ.se/ or /ɑ̃.ke.se/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- encaissement
- rencaisser
Further reading
- “encaisser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.