essouffler
French
Etymology
From souffler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.su.fle/
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Verb
essouffler
- (transitive) to knock the wind out of, leave breathless
- (reflexive) to become breathless
- (reflexive) to lose steam, to tail off
Conjugation
Conjugation of essouffler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | essouffler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | essoufflant /e.su.flɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | essoufflé /e.su.fle/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | essouffle /e.sufl/ | essouffles /e.sufl/ | essouffle /e.sufl/ | essoufflons /e.su.flɔ̃/ | essoufflez /e.su.fle/ | essoufflent /e.sufl/ |
imperfect | essoufflais /e.su.flɛ/ | essoufflais /e.su.flɛ/ | essoufflait /e.su.flɛ/ | essoufflions /e.su.fli.jɔ̃/ | essouffliez /e.su.fli.je/ | essoufflaient /e.su.flɛ/ | |
past historic2 | essoufflai /e.su.fle/ | essoufflas /e.su.fla/ | essouffla /e.su.fla/ | essoufflâmes /e.su.flam/ | essoufflâtes /e.su.flat/ | essoufflèrent /e.su.flɛʁ/ | |
future | essoufflerai /e.su.flə.ʁe/ | essouffleras /e.su.flə.ʁa/ | essoufflera /e.su.flə.ʁa/ | essoufflerons /e.su.flə.ʁɔ̃/ | essoufflerez /e.su.flə.ʁe/ | essouffleront /e.su.flə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | essoufflerais /e.su.flə.ʁɛ/ | essoufflerais /e.su.flə.ʁɛ/ | essoufflerait /e.su.flə.ʁɛ/ | essoufflerions /e.su.flə.ʁjɔ̃/ | essouffleriez /e.su.flə.ʁje/ | essouffleraient /e.su.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 | essouffle /e.sufl/ | essouffles /e.sufl/ | essouffle /e.sufl/ | essoufflions /e.su.fli.jɔ̃/ | essouffliez /e.su.fli.je/ | essoufflent /e.sufl/ |
imperfect2 | essoufflasse /e.su.flas/ | essoufflasses /e.su.flas/ | essoufflât /e.su.fla/ | essoufflassions /e.su.fla.sjɔ̃/ | essoufflassiez /e.su.fla.sje/ | essoufflassent /e.su.flas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | essouffle /e.sufl/ | — | essoufflons /e.su.flɔ̃/ | essoufflez /e.su.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). |
Further reading
- “essouffler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.