/ɑ̃.ky.le/

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Translation

(strongly vulgar, offensive) to sodomise; in practice met almost only in insults, above all the interjection va te faire enculer and the derived noun encule

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Grammar

Verb type-er regular (1st group)

Conjugation

Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person PresentImperfectPast historicFutureConditional
jeenculeenculaisenculaienculeraienculerais
tuenculesenculaisenculasenculerasenculerais
il/elleenculeenculaitenculaenculeraenculerait
nousenculonsenculionsenculâmesenculeronsenculerions
vousenculezenculiezenculâtesenculerezenculeriez
ils/ellesenculentenculaientenculèrentenculerontenculeraient

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect
jeenculeenculasse
tuenculesenculasses
il/elleenculeenculât
nousenculionsenculassions
vousenculiezenculassiez
ils/ellesenculentenculassent

Imperative

Person Affirmative
tuencule
nousenculons
vousenculez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
enculant
Past participle
enculé · enculée · enculés · enculées

Examples

verbe , .

This verb is one of the coarsest words in French, and it is best never to use it.

« » , .

The phrase va te faire enculer is a serious insult, not a joke.

verbe injurieux.

Dictionaries label this verb as vulgar and abusive.

dérivé « » .

The derived noun enculé belongs to the same offensive register.

, .

You meet it in films, but it has no place in everyday or polite French.

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This word is taught in chapter 34, lesson 4: Words aimed at a person.