French Conversation · Level 138
30 words
French word
enclin
Pronunciation
IPA/ɑ̃klɛ̃/
Meaning
- adjectiveinclined
Example
Elle est encline à oublier les rendez-vous.
She is inclined to forget appointments.
More examples
Il est enclin à accepter les compromis.
He is inclined to accept compromises.
Core concept
An inner tilt toward a possible action or response.
Common phrases
être enclin à
be inclined to
enclin à la nostalgie
inclined to nostalgia
Similar words
incliné: Mentally inclined toward a particular direction or viewpoint.
disposé: Ready and willing to accept or carry out a particular action.
amené: Prompted by circumstances or a reason to take a particular action.
Definition in French
Qui a une tendance naturelle à agir d'une certaine manière; souvent utilisé avec «être enclin à + infinitif».
Word origin
French enclin comes through Old French encliner from Latin inclinare, meaning "to bend or tilt," as a physical sense developed into a figurative disposition.
Usage tips
- With être, enclin takes à before an infinitive, as in être enclin à oublier, and agrees with the subject: encline for feminine singular.
Other meanings
- proneadjective
- favorably disposedadjective
Opposites
- réticentreluctantadjective
- réfractaireresistantadjective