gonfler
French
Etymology
From Latin conflāre, present active infinitive of conflō. Compare Italian gonfiare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔ̃.fle/
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Verb
gonfler
- (transitive) to inflate, to blow up
- Antonym: dégonfler
- (intransitive) to swell, to puff up
- (transitive, informal) to get on someone's nerves
- Synonyms: saouler, peler, taper sur le système, casser les pieds
- Ça me gonfle. ― That bugs me.
Conjugation
Conjugation of gonfler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | gonfler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | gonflant /ɡɔ̃.flɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | gonflé /ɡɔ̃.fle/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | gonfle /ɡɔ̃fl/ | gonfles /ɡɔ̃fl/ | gonfle /ɡɔ̃fl/ | gonflons /ɡɔ̃.flɔ̃/ | gonflez /ɡɔ̃.fle/ | gonflent /ɡɔ̃fl/ |
| imperfect | gonflais /ɡɔ̃.flɛ/ | gonflais /ɡɔ̃.flɛ/ | gonflait /ɡɔ̃.flɛ/ | gonflions /ɡɔ̃.fli.jɔ̃/ | gonfliez /ɡɔ̃.fli.je/ | gonflaient /ɡɔ̃.flɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | gonflai /ɡɔ̃.fle/ | gonflas /ɡɔ̃.fla/ | gonfla /ɡɔ̃.fla/ | gonflâmes /ɡɔ̃.flam/ | gonflâtes /ɡɔ̃.flat/ | gonflèrent /ɡɔ̃.flɛʁ/ | |
| future | gonflerai /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁe/ | gonfleras /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁa/ | gonflera /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁa/ | gonflerons /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɔ̃/ | gonflerez /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁe/ | gonfleront /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | gonflerais /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɛ/ | gonflerais /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɛ/ | gonflerait /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɛ/ | gonflerions /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁjɔ̃/ | gonfleriez /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁje/ | gonfleraient /ɡɔ̃.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 | gonfle /ɡɔ̃fl/ | gonfles /ɡɔ̃fl/ | gonfle /ɡɔ̃fl/ | gonflions /ɡɔ̃.fli.jɔ̃/ | gonfliez /ɡɔ̃.fli.je/ | gonflent /ɡɔ̃fl/ |
| imperfect2 | gonflasse /ɡɔ̃.flas/ | gonflasses /ɡɔ̃.flas/ | gonflât /ɡɔ̃.fla/ | gonflassions /ɡɔ̃.fla.sjɔ̃/ | gonflassiez /ɡɔ̃.fla.sje/ | gonflassent /ɡɔ̃.flas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | gonfle /ɡɔ̃fl/ | — | gonflons /ɡɔ̃.flɔ̃/ | gonflez /ɡɔ̃.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- gonflable
- gonflant
- gonflette
Related terms
- enfler
- souffler
Further reading
- “gonfler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.