submerger

English

Etymology

From submerge +‎ -er.

Noun

submerger (plural submergers)

  1. (rare) Someone or something that submerges.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin submergere, present active infinitive of submergō.

Verb

submerger

  1. to submerge
    Ce navire a été submergé.
  2. to be engulfed in or with something.
    Je suis submergé de travail.

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written submerge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of submerger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle submergeant
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒɑ̃/
past participle submergé
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒe/
infinitive
simple submerger
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple submergeant
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒɑ̃/
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 submerge
/syb.mɛʁʒ/		 submerges
/syb.mɛʁʒ/		 submerge
/syb.mɛʁʒ/		 submergeons
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒɔ̃/		 submergez
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒe/		 submergent
/syb.mɛʁʒ/
imperfect submergeais
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒɛ/		 submergeais
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒɛ/		 submergeait
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒɛ/		 submergions
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒjɔ̃/		 submergiez
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒje/		 submergeaient
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒɛ/
past historic2 submergeai
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒe/		 submergeas
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒa/		 submergea
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒa/		 submergeâmes
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒam/		 submergeâtes
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒat/		 submergèrent
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒɛʁ/
future submergerai
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁe/		 submergeras
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁa/		 submergera
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁa/		 submergerons
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/		 submergerez
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁe/		 submergeront
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional submergerais
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/		 submergerais
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/		 submergerait
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/		 submergerions
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/		 submergeriez
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁje/		 submergeraient
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.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 submerge
/syb.mɛʁʒ/		 submerges
/syb.mɛʁʒ/		 submerge
/syb.mɛʁʒ/		 submergions
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒjɔ̃/		 submergiez
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒje/		 submergent
/syb.mɛʁʒ/
imperfect2 submergeasse
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒas/		 submergeasses
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒas/		 submergeât
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒa/		 submergeassions
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/		 submergeassiez
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒa.sje/		 submergeassent
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — submerge
/syb.mɛʁʒ/		 — submergeons
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒɔ̃/		 submergez
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒe/		 —
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).

Synonyms

submerger has most of the time a passive voice, active and transitive synonym is immerger

References

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