effleurer

French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /e.flœ.ʁe/, SAMPA: /e.fl9.Re/

Verb

effleurer

1. to stroke gently, to touch lightly
2. to brush over, to brush past
3. (figuratively) to skim over (a subject)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of effleurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		effleurer			avoir effleuré
gerund		en effleurant			en ayant effleuré
present participle		effleurant
past participle		effleuré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	effleure	effleures	effleure	effleurons	effleurez	effleurent
	imperfect	effleurais	effleurais	effleurait	effleurions	effleuriez	effleuraient
	past historic1	effleurai	effleuras	effleura	effleurâmes	effleurâtes	effleurèrent
	future	effleurerai	effleureras	effleurera	effleurerons	effleurerez	effleureront
	conditional	effleurerais	effleurerais	effleurerait	effleurerions	effleureriez	effleureraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	effleure	effleures	effleure	effleurions	effleuriez	effleurent
	imperfect1	effleurasse	effleurasses	effleurât	effleurassions	effleurassiez	effleurassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	effleure	—	effleurons	effleurez	—
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