combler

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin cumulāre, present active infinitive of cumulō. Doublet of the borrowing cumuler.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ble/
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Verb

combler

  1. to fulfil, satisfy
  2. to fill (add contents to, so it is full)
  3. to fill (to install someone)
  4. to counter

Conjugation
Conjugation of combler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle comblant
/kɔ̃.blɑ̃/
past participle comblé
/kɔ̃.ble/
infinitive
simple combler
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple comblant
/kɔ̃.blɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present comble
/kɔ̃bl/		 combles
/kɔ̃bl/		 comble
/kɔ̃bl/		 comblons
/kɔ̃.blɔ̃/		 comblez
/kɔ̃.ble/		 comblent
/kɔ̃bl/
imperfect comblais
/kɔ̃.blɛ/		 comblais
/kɔ̃.blɛ/		 comblait
/kɔ̃.blɛ/		 comblions
/kɔ̃.bli.jɔ̃/		 combliez
/kɔ̃.bli.je/		 comblaient
/kɔ̃.blɛ/
past historic2 comblai
/kɔ̃.ble/		 comblas
/kɔ̃.bla/		 combla
/kɔ̃.bla/		 comblâmes
/kɔ̃.blam/		 comblâtes
/kɔ̃.blat/		 comblèrent
/kɔ̃.blɛʁ/
future comblerai
/kɔ̃.blə.ʁe/		 combleras
/kɔ̃.blə.ʁa/		 comblera
/kɔ̃.blə.ʁa/		 comblerons
/kɔ̃.blə.ʁɔ̃/		 comblerez
/kɔ̃.blə.ʁe/		 combleront
/kɔ̃.blə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional comblerais
/kɔ̃.blə.ʁɛ/		 comblerais
/kɔ̃.blə.ʁɛ/		 comblerait
/kɔ̃.blə.ʁɛ/		 comblerions
/kɔ̃.blə.ʁjɔ̃/		 combleriez
/kɔ̃.blə.ʁje/		 combleraient
/kɔ̃.blə.ʁɛ/
(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 comble
/kɔ̃bl/		 combles
/kɔ̃bl/		 comble
/kɔ̃bl/		 comblions
/kɔ̃.bli.jɔ̃/		 combliez
/kɔ̃.bli.je/		 comblent
/kɔ̃bl/
imperfect2 comblasse
/kɔ̃.blas/		 comblasses
/kɔ̃.blas/		 comblât
/kɔ̃.bla/		 comblassions
/kɔ̃.bla.sjɔ̃/		 comblassiez
/kɔ̃.bla.sje/		 comblassent
/kɔ̃.blas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — comble
/kɔ̃bl/		 — comblons
/kɔ̃.blɔ̃/		 comblez
/kɔ̃.ble/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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