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gonfler

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin cōnflāre. Compare Italian gonfiare.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡɔ̃.fle/
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Verb

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gonfler

  1. (transitive) to inflate, to blow up
    Antonym: dégonfler
  2. (intransitive) to swell, to puff up
  3. (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

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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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Romanian: gonfla

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