blouser

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

blouser

1. (transitive) to bilk; to con
2. (intransitive) to blouse, to billow like a blouse
3. (transitive) to transfer into the billiards hole (blouse)

Conjugation

Conjugation of blouser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	blouser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	blousant /blu.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		blousé /blu.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	blouse /bluz/	blouses /bluz/	blouse /bluz/	blousons /blu.zɔ̃/	blousez /blu.ze/	blousent /bluz/
	imperfect	blousais /blu.zɛ/	blousais /blu.zɛ/	blousait /blu.zɛ/	blousions /blu.zjɔ̃/	blousiez /blu.zje/	blousaient /blu.zɛ/
	past historic2	blousai /blu.ze/	blousas /blu.za/	blousa /blu.za/	blousâmes /blu.zam/	blousâtes /blu.zat/	blousèrent /blu.zɛʁ/
	future	blouserai /bluz.ʁe/	blouseras /bluz.ʁa/	blousera /bluz.ʁa/	blouserons /bluz.ʁɔ̃/	blouserez /bluz.ʁe/	blouseront /bluz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	blouserais /bluz.ʁɛ/	blouserais /bluz.ʁɛ/	blouserait /bluz.ʁɛ/	blouserions /blu.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	blouseriez /blu.zə.ʁje/	blouseraient /bluz.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	blouse /bluz/	blouses /bluz/	blouse /bluz/	blousions /blu.zjɔ̃/	blousiez /blu.zje/	blousent /bluz/
	imperfect2	blousasse /blu.zas/	blousasses /blu.zas/	blousât /blu.za/	blousassions /blu.za.sjɔ̃/	blousassiez /blu.za.sje/	blousassent /blu.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	blouse /bluz/	—	blousons /blu.zɔ̃/	blousez /blu.ze/	—
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).

Further reading

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