bluffer
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈblʌfɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈblʌfə/
- Rhymes: -ʌfə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]bluffer (plural bluffers)
- one who bluffs
Translations
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bluffer
- comparative form of bluff: more bluff
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bluffer
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of bluffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bluffer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bluffant /blœ.fɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bluffé /blœ.fe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bluffe /blœf/ |
bluffes /blœf/ |
bluffe /blœf/ |
bluffons /blœ.fɔ̃/ |
bluffez /blœ.fe/ |
bluffent /blœf/ |
| imperfect | bluffais /blœ.fɛ/ |
bluffais /blœ.fɛ/ |
bluffait /blœ.fɛ/ |
bluffions /blœ.fjɔ̃/ |
bluffiez /blœ.fje/ |
bluffaient /blœ.fɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bluffai /blœ.fe/ |
bluffas /blœ.fa/ |
bluffa /blœ.fa/ |
bluffâmes /blœ.fam/ |
bluffâtes /blœ.fat/ |
bluffèrent /blœ.fɛʁ/ | |
| future | blufferai /blœ.fʁe/ |
blufferas /blœ.fʁa/ |
bluffera /blœ.fʁa/ |
blufferons /blœ.fʁɔ̃/ |
blufferez /blœ.fʁe/ |
blufferont /blœ.fʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | blufferais /blœ.fʁɛ/ |
blufferais /blœ.fʁɛ/ |
blufferait /blœ.fʁɛ/ |
blufferions /blœ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
blufferiez /blœ.fə.ʁje/ |
blufferaient /blœ.fʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | bluffe /blœf/ |
bluffes /blœf/ |
bluffe /blœf/ |
bluffions /blœ.fjɔ̃/ |
bluffiez /blœ.fje/ |
bluffent /blœf/ |
| imperfect2 | bluffasse /blœ.fas/ |
bluffasses /blœ.fas/ |
bluffât /blœ.fa/ |
bluffassions /blœ.fa.sjɔ̃/ |
bluffassiez /blœ.fa.sje/ |
bluffassent /blœ.fas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bluffe /blœf/ |
— | bluffons /blœ.fɔ̃/ |
bluffez /blœ.fe/ |
— | |
| 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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “bluffer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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