boursoufler

French

Alternative forms

• boursouffler (post-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buʁ.su.fle/

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Verb

boursoufler

1. (transitive) to swell, inflate
2. (reflexive) to become swollen or bloated; to blister

Conjugation

Conjugation of boursoufler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	boursoufler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	boursouflant /buʁ.su.flɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		boursouflé /buʁ.su.fle/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	boursoufle /buʁ.sufl/	boursoufles /buʁ.sufl/	boursoufle /buʁ.sufl/	boursouflons /buʁ.su.flɔ̃/	boursouflez /buʁ.su.fle/	boursouflent /buʁ.sufl/
	imperfect	boursouflais /buʁ.su.flɛ/	boursouflais /buʁ.su.flɛ/	boursouflait /buʁ.su.flɛ/	boursouflions /buʁ.su.fli.jɔ̃/	boursoufliez /buʁ.su.fli.je/	boursouflaient /buʁ.su.flɛ/
	past historic2	boursouflai /buʁ.su.fle/	boursouflas /buʁ.su.fla/	boursoufla /buʁ.su.fla/	boursouflâmes /buʁ.su.flam/	boursouflâtes /buʁ.su.flat/	boursouflèrent /buʁ.su.flɛʁ/
	future	boursouflerai /buʁ.su.flə.ʁe/	boursoufleras /buʁ.su.flə.ʁa/	boursouflera /buʁ.su.flə.ʁa/	boursouflerons /buʁ.su.flə.ʁɔ̃/	boursouflerez /buʁ.su.flə.ʁe/	boursoufleront /buʁ.su.flə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	boursouflerais /buʁ.su.flə.ʁɛ/	boursouflerais /buʁ.su.flə.ʁɛ/	boursouflerait /buʁ.su.flə.ʁɛ/	boursouflerions /buʁ.su.flə.ʁjɔ̃/	boursoufleriez /buʁ.su.flə.ʁje/	boursoufleraient /buʁ.su.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	boursoufle /buʁ.sufl/	boursoufles /buʁ.sufl/	boursoufle /buʁ.sufl/	boursouflions /buʁ.su.fli.jɔ̃/	boursoufliez /buʁ.su.fli.je/	boursouflent /buʁ.sufl/
	imperfect2	boursouflasse /buʁ.su.flas/	boursouflasses /buʁ.su.flas/	boursouflât /buʁ.su.fla/	boursouflassions /buʁ.su.fla.sjɔ̃/	boursouflassiez /buʁ.su.fla.sje/	boursouflassent /buʁ.su.flas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	boursoufle /buʁ.sufl/	—	boursouflons /buʁ.su.flɔ̃/	boursouflez /buʁ.su.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).

Related terms

• boursouflement
• boursouflé
• boursouflure

Further reading

• “boursoufler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.