gonfler
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin cōnflāre. Compare Italian gonfiare.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]gonfler
- (transitive) to inflate, to blow up
- Antonym: dégonfler
- (intransitive) to swell, to puff up
- (transitive, informal) to get on someone's nerves
- Synonyms: saouler, peler, taper sur le système, casser les pieds
- Ça me gonfle. ― That bugs me.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of gonfler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | gonfler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | gonflant /ɡɔ̃.flɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | gonflé /ɡɔ̃.fle/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | 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 | – | – | – | ||||
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 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Romanian: gonfla
Further reading
[edit]- “gonfler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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