enfler
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French enfler, from Latin īnflāre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
enfler
- (transitive) to inflate
- (transitive) to fill
- (transitive) to build up (an emotion)
- (intransitive) to swell up
Conjugation edit
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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “enfler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Latin īnflāre, present active infinitive of īnflō.
Verb edit
enfler
- 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 edit
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 edit
Descendants edit
- French: enfler