enflammer
French
Etymology
en- + flamme + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.fla.me/
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Verb
enflammer
- to set fire to, to set on fire
- to inflame, to fuel (e.g. a debate, hatred)
- (reflexive, s'enflammer) to catch fire
Conjugation
Conjugation of enflammer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | enflammer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | enflammant /ɑ̃.fla.mɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | enflammé /ɑ̃.fla.me/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | enflamme /ɑ̃.flam/ | enflammes /ɑ̃.flam/ | enflamme /ɑ̃.flam/ | enflammons /ɑ̃.fla.mɔ̃/ | enflammez /ɑ̃.fla.me/ | enflamment /ɑ̃.flam/ |
imperfect | enflammais /ɑ̃.fla.mɛ/ | enflammais /ɑ̃.fla.mɛ/ | enflammait /ɑ̃.fla.mɛ/ | enflammions /ɑ̃.fla.mjɔ̃/ | enflammiez /ɑ̃.fla.mje/ | enflammaient /ɑ̃.fla.mɛ/ | |
past historic2 | enflammai /ɑ̃.fla.me/ | enflammas /ɑ̃.fla.ma/ | enflamma /ɑ̃.fla.ma/ | enflammâmes /ɑ̃.fla.mam/ | enflammâtes /ɑ̃.fla.mat/ | enflammèrent /ɑ̃.fla.mɛʁ/ | |
future | enflammerai /ɑ̃.flam.ʁe/ | enflammeras /ɑ̃.flam.ʁa/ | enflammera /ɑ̃.flam.ʁa/ | enflammerons /ɑ̃.flam.ʁɔ̃/ | enflammerez /ɑ̃.flam.ʁe/ | enflammeront /ɑ̃.flam.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | enflammerais /ɑ̃.flam.ʁɛ/ | enflammerais /ɑ̃.flam.ʁɛ/ | enflammerait /ɑ̃.flam.ʁɛ/ | enflammerions /ɑ̃.fla.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ | enflammeriez /ɑ̃.fla.mə.ʁje/ | enflammeraient /ɑ̃.flam.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 | enflamme /ɑ̃.flam/ | enflammes /ɑ̃.flam/ | enflamme /ɑ̃.flam/ | enflammions /ɑ̃.fla.mjɔ̃/ | enflammiez /ɑ̃.fla.mje/ | enflamment /ɑ̃.flam/ |
imperfect2 | enflammasse /ɑ̃.fla.mas/ | enflammasses /ɑ̃.fla.mas/ | enflammât /ɑ̃.fla.ma/ | enflammassions /ɑ̃.fla.ma.sjɔ̃/ | enflammassiez /ɑ̃.fla.ma.sje/ | enflammassent /ɑ̃.fla.mas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | enflamme /ɑ̃.flam/ | — | enflammons /ɑ̃.fla.mɔ̃/ | enflammez /ɑ̃.fla.me/ | — | |
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). |
Further reading
- “enflammer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.