flairer
French
Etymology
From Old French flairier, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin flāgrāre, present active infinitive of flāgrō, by dissimilation from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂gro-, from *bʰreh₂g- (“to smell”) + *-ro-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flɛ.ʁe/, /fle.ʁe/
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Verb
flairer
- (transitive) to smell, sniff (at)
- (transitive, hunting) to scent
- (transitive) to sense
Conjugation
Conjugation of flairer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | flairer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | flairant /flɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /fle.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | flairé /flɛ.ʁe/ or /fle.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | flaire /flɛʁ/ | flaires /flɛʁ/ | flaire /flɛʁ/ | flairons /flɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁɔ̃/ | flairez /flɛ.ʁe/ or /fle.ʁe/ | flairent /flɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | flairais /flɛ.ʁɛ/ or /fle.ʁɛ/ | flairais /flɛ.ʁɛ/ or /fle.ʁɛ/ | flairait /flɛ.ʁɛ/ or /fle.ʁɛ/ | flairions /flɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁjɔ̃/ | flairiez /flɛ.ʁje/ or /fle.ʁje/ | flairaient /flɛ.ʁɛ/ or /fle.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | flairai /flɛ.ʁe/ or /fle.ʁe/ | flairas /flɛ.ʁa/ or /fle.ʁa/ | flaira /flɛ.ʁa/ or /fle.ʁa/ | flairâmes /flɛ.ʁam/ or /fle.ʁam/ | flairâtes /flɛ.ʁat/ or /fle.ʁat/ | flairèrent /flɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /fle.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | flairerai /flɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁe/ | flaireras /flɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁa/ | flairera /flɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁa/ | flairerons /flɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | flairerez /flɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁe/ | flaireront /flɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | flairerais /flɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | flairerais /flɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | flairerait /flɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | flairerions /flɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | flaireriez /flɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁje/ | flaireraient /flɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /fle.ʁə.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 | flaire /flɛʁ/ | flaires /flɛʁ/ | flaire /flɛʁ/ | flairions /flɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁjɔ̃/ | flairiez /flɛ.ʁje/ or /fle.ʁje/ | flairent /flɛʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | flairasse /flɛ.ʁas/ or /fle.ʁas/ | flairasses /flɛ.ʁas/ or /fle.ʁas/ | flairât /flɛ.ʁa/ or /fle.ʁa/ | flairassions /flɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ | flairassiez /flɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /fle.ʁa.sje/ | flairassent /flɛ.ʁas/ or /fle.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | flaire /flɛʁ/ | — | flairons /flɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁɔ̃/ | flairez /flɛ.ʁe/ or /fle.ʁe/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- flair
Further reading
- “flairer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- riflera