effleurir
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
effleurir
- to effloresce
Conjugation edit
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of effleurir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | effleurir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | effleurissant /e.flœ.ʁi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | effleuri /e.flœ.ʁi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | effleuris /e.flœ.ʁi/ |
effleuris /e.flœ.ʁi/ |
effleurit /e.flœ.ʁi/ |
effleurissons /e.flœ.ʁi.sɔ̃/ |
effleurissez /e.flœ.ʁi.se/ |
effleurissent /e.flœ.ʁis/ |
| imperfect | effleurissais /e.flœ.ʁi.sɛ/ |
effleurissais /e.flœ.ʁi.sɛ/ |
effleurissait /e.flœ.ʁi.sɛ/ |
effleurissions /e.flœ.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
effleurissiez /e.flœ.ʁi.sje/ |
effleurissaient /e.flœ.ʁi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | effleuris /e.flœ.ʁi/ |
effleuris /e.flœ.ʁi/ |
effleurit /e.flœ.ʁi/ |
effleurîmes /e.flœ.ʁim/ |
effleurîtes /e.flœ.ʁit/ |
effleurirent /e.flœ.ʁiʁ/ | |
| future | effleurirai /e.flœ.ʁi.ʁe/ |
effleuriras /e.flœ.ʁi.ʁa/ |
effleurira /e.flœ.ʁi.ʁa/ |
effleurirons /e.flœ.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
effleurirez /e.flœ.ʁi.ʁe/ |
effleuriront /e.flœ.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | effleurirais /e.flœ.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
effleurirais /e.flœ.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
effleurirait /e.flœ.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
effleuririons /e.flœ.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
effleuririez /e.flœ.ʁi.ʁje/ |
effleuriraient /e.flœ.ʁi.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 | effleurisse /e.flœ.ʁis/ |
effleurisses /e.flœ.ʁis/ |
effleurisse /e.flœ.ʁis/ |
effleurissions /e.flœ.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
effleurissiez /e.flœ.ʁi.sje/ |
effleurissent /e.flœ.ʁis/ |
| imperfect2 | effleurisse /e.flœ.ʁis/ |
effleurisses /e.flœ.ʁis/ |
effleurît /e.flœ.ʁi/ |
effleurissions /e.flœ.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
effleurissiez /e.flœ.ʁi.sje/ |
effleurissent /e.flœ.ʁis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | effleuris /e.flœ.ʁi/ |
— | effleurissons /e.flœ.ʁi.sɔ̃/ |
effleurissez /e.flœ.ʁi.se/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||