gonfler

French

Etymology

From Latin conflāre, present active infinitive of conflō. Compare Italian gonfiare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɔ̃.fle/
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Verb

gonfler

  1. (transitive) to inflate, to blow up
  2. (intransitive) to swell, to puff up
  3. (transitive, colloquial) to get on someone's nerves

Conjugation
Conjugation of gonfler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle gonflant
/ɡɔ̃.flɑ̃/
past participle gonflé
/ɡɔ̃.fle/
infinitive
simple gonfler
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple gonflant
/ɡɔ̃.flɑ̃/
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 gonfle
/ɡɔ̃fl/		 gonfles
/ɡɔ̃fl/		 gonfle
/ɡɔ̃fl/		 gonflons
/ɡɔ̃.flɔ̃/		 gonflez
/ɡɔ̃.fle/		 gonflent
/ɡɔ̃fl/
imperfect gonflais
/ɡɔ̃.flɛ/		 gonflais
/ɡɔ̃.flɛ/		 gonflait
/ɡɔ̃.flɛ/		 gonflions
/ɡɔ̃.fli.jɔ̃/		 gonfliez
/ɡɔ̃.fli.je/		 gonflaient
/ɡɔ̃.flɛ/
past historic2 gonflai
/ɡɔ̃.fle/		 gonflas
/ɡɔ̃.fla/		 gonfla
/ɡɔ̃.fla/		 gonflâmes
/ɡɔ̃.flam/		 gonflâtes
/ɡɔ̃.flat/		 gonflèrent
/ɡɔ̃.flɛʁ/
future gonflerai
/ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁe/		 gonfleras
/ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁa/		 gonflera
/ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁa/		 gonflerons
/ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɔ̃/		 gonflerez
/ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁe/		 gonfleront
/ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional gonflerais
/ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɛ/		 gonflerais
/ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɛ/		 gonflerait
/ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɛ/		 gonflerions
/ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁjɔ̃/		 gonfleriez
/ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁje/		 gonfleraient
/ɡɔ̃.flə.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 gonfle
/ɡɔ̃fl/		 gonfles
/ɡɔ̃fl/		 gonfle
/ɡɔ̃fl/		 gonflions
/ɡɔ̃.fli.jɔ̃/		 gonfliez
/ɡɔ̃.fli.je/		 gonflent
/ɡɔ̃fl/
imperfect2 gonflasse
/ɡɔ̃.flas/		 gonflasses
/ɡɔ̃.flas/		 gonflât
/ɡɔ̃.fla/		 gonflassions
/ɡɔ̃.fla.sjɔ̃/		 gonflassiez
/ɡɔ̃.fla.sje/		 gonflassent
/ɡɔ̃.flas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — gonfle
/ɡɔ̃fl/		 — gonflons
/ɡɔ̃.flɔ̃/		 gonflez
/ɡɔ̃.fle/		 —
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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