enfler

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French enfler, from Latin īnflāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.fle/

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Verb

enfler

1. (transitive) to inflate
2. (transitive) to fill
3. (transitive) to build up (an emotion)
4. (intransitive) to swell up

Conjugation

Conjugation of enfler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	enfler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	enflant /ɑ̃.flɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enflé /ɑ̃.fle/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enfle /ɑ̃fl/	enfles /ɑ̃fl/	enfle /ɑ̃fl/	enflons /ɑ̃.flɔ̃/	enflez /ɑ̃.fle/	enflent /ɑ̃fl/
	imperfect	enflais /ɑ̃.flɛ/	enflais /ɑ̃.flɛ/	enflait /ɑ̃.flɛ/	enflions /ɑ̃.fli.jɔ̃/	enfliez /ɑ̃.fli.je/	enflaient /ɑ̃.flɛ/
	past historic2	enflai /ɑ̃.fle/	enflas /ɑ̃.fla/	enfla /ɑ̃.fla/	enflâmes /ɑ̃.flam/	enflâtes /ɑ̃.flat/	enflèrent /ɑ̃.flɛʁ/
	future	enflerai /ɑ̃.flə.ʁe/	enfleras /ɑ̃.flə.ʁa/	enflera /ɑ̃.flə.ʁa/	enflerons /ɑ̃.flə.ʁɔ̃/	enflerez /ɑ̃.flə.ʁe/	enfleront /ɑ̃.flə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enflerais /ɑ̃.flə.ʁɛ/	enflerais /ɑ̃.flə.ʁɛ/	enflerait /ɑ̃.flə.ʁɛ/	enflerions /ɑ̃.flə.ʁjɔ̃/	enfleriez /ɑ̃.flə.ʁje/	enfleraient /ɑ̃.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	enfle /ɑ̃fl/	enfles /ɑ̃fl/	enfle /ɑ̃fl/	enflions /ɑ̃.fli.jɔ̃/	enfliez /ɑ̃.fli.je/	enflent /ɑ̃fl/
	imperfect2	enflasse /ɑ̃.flas/	enflasses /ɑ̃.flas/	enflât /ɑ̃.fla/	enflassions /ɑ̃.fla.sjɔ̃/	enflassiez /ɑ̃.fla.sje/	enflassent /ɑ̃.flas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	enfle /ɑ̃fl/	—	enflons /ɑ̃.flɔ̃/	enflez /ɑ̃.fle/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• avoir les chevilles qui enflent
• renfler

Related terms

• enflure
• inflation
• gonfler
• souffler

Further reading

• “enfler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• renfle, renflé

Old French

Etymology

From Latin īnflāre.

Verb

enfler

1. to swell
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 148 of this essay:

     Les signes subsequens est face enflée […]

     The symptoms are the following: swollen face […]

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		enfler			avoir enflé
gerund		en enflant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		enflant
past participle		enflé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	enfle	enfles	enfle	enflons	enflez	enflent
	imperfect	enfloie, enfleie, enfloe, enfleve	enfloies, enfleies, enfloes, enfleves	enfloit, enfleit, enflot, enfleve	enfliiens, enfliens	enfliiez, enfliez	enfloient, enfleient, enfloent, enflevent
	preterite	enflai	enflas	enfla	enflames	enflastes	enflerent
	future	enflerai	enfleras	enflera	enflerons	enfleroiz, enflereiz, enflerez	enfleront
	conditional	enfleroie, enflereie	enfleroies, enflereies	enfleroit, enflereit	enfleriiens, enfleriens	enfleriiez, enfleriez	enfleroient, enflereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	enfle	enfles	enfle	enflons	enflez	enflent
	imperfect	enflasse	enflasses	enflast	enflissons, enflissiens	enflissoiz, enflissez, enflissiez	enflassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	enfle	—	enflons	enflez	—

Related terms

• enfler

Descendants

• French: enfler