bouler

See also: Bouler

French

Etymology

From boule +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

bouler

1. (intransitive) to inflate or swell up

Conjugation

Conjugation of bouler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bouler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	boulant /bu.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		boulé /bu.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	boule /bul/	boules /bul/	boule /bul/	boulons /bu.lɔ̃/	boulez /bu.le/	boulent /bul/
	imperfect	boulais /bu.lɛ/	boulais /bu.lɛ/	boulait /bu.lɛ/	boulions /bu.ljɔ̃/	bouliez /bu.lje/	boulaient /bu.lɛ/
	past historic2	boulai /bu.le/	boulas /bu.la/	boula /bu.la/	boulâmes /bu.lam/	boulâtes /bu.lat/	boulèrent /bu.lɛʁ/
	future	boulerai /bul.ʁe/	bouleras /bul.ʁa/	boulera /bul.ʁa/	boulerons /bul.ʁɔ̃/	boulerez /bul.ʁe/	bouleront /bul.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	boulerais /bul.ʁɛ/	boulerais /bul.ʁɛ/	boulerait /bul.ʁɛ/	boulerions /bu.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	bouleriez /bu.lə.ʁje/	bouleraient /bul.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	boule /bul/	boules /bul/	boule /bul/	boulions /bu.ljɔ̃/	bouliez /bu.lje/	boulent /bul/
	imperfect2	boulasse /bu.las/	boulasses /bu.las/	boulât /bu.la/	boulassions /bu.la.sjɔ̃/	boulassiez /bu.la.sje/	boulassent /bu.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	boule /bul/	—	boulons /bu.lɔ̃/	boulez /bu.le/	—
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

• envoyer bouler (“send someone packing”)

Further reading

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