flairier

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin flāgrāre, present active infinitive of flāgrō, by dissimilation from Latin frāgrō.

Verb

flairier

(intransitive) to smell (to give off an odor)
(transitive) to smell (to detect an odor)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of flairier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		flairier			avoir flairié
gerund		en flairant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		flairant
past participle		flairié
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	flair	flaires	flaire	flairons	flairiez	flairent
	imperfect	flairoie, flaireie, flairoe, flairieve	flairoies, flaireies, flairoes, flairieves	flairoit, flaireit, flairot, flairieve	flairiiens, flairiens	flairiiez, flairiez	flairoient, flaireient, flairoent, flairievent
	preterite	flairai	flairas	flaira	flairames	flairastes	flairierent
	future	flairerai	flaireras	flairera	flairerons	flaireroiz, flairereiz, flairerez	flaireront
	conditional	flaireroie, flairereie	flaireroies, flairereies	flaireroit, flairereit	flaireriiens, flaireriens	flaireriiez, flaireriez	flaireroient, flairereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	flair	flairs	flairt	flairons	flairiez	flairent
simple tenses	imperfect	flairasse	flairasses	flairast	flairissons, flairissiens	flairissoiz, flairissez, flairissiez	flairassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	flaire	—	flairons	flairiez	—

Descendants

French: flairer, fleurer

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