diffluer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.fly.e/

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Verb

diffluer

1. (intransitive) to spread diffusely

Conjugation

Conjugation of diffluer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	diffluer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	diffluant /di.fly.ɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		difflué /di.fly.e/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	difflue /di.fly/	difflues /di.fly/	difflue /di.fly/	diffluons /di.fly.ɔ̃/	diffluez /di.fly.e/	diffluent /di.fly/
	imperfect	diffluais /di.fly.ɛ/	diffluais /di.fly.ɛ/	diffluait /di.fly.ɛ/	diffluions /di.fly.jɔ̃/	diffluiez /di.fly.je/	diffluaient /di.fly.ɛ/
	past historic2	diffluai /di.fly.e/	diffluas /di.fly.a/	difflua /di.fly.a/	diffluâmes /di.fly.am/	diffluâtes /di.fly.at/	diffluèrent /di.fly.ɛʁ/
	future	diffluerai /di.fly.ʁe/	difflueras /di.fly.ʁa/	diffluera /di.fly.ʁa/	diffluerons /di.fly.ʁɔ̃/	diffluerez /di.fly.ʁe/	difflueront /di.fly.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	diffluerais /di.fly.ʁɛ/	diffluerais /di.fly.ʁɛ/	diffluerait /di.fly.ʁɛ/	diffluerions /di.fly.ʁjɔ̃/	difflueriez /di.fly.ʁje/	difflueraient /di.fly.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	difflue /di.fly/	difflues /di.fly/	difflue /di.fly/	diffluions /di.fly.jɔ̃/	diffluiez /di.fly.je/	diffluent /di.fly/
	imperfect2	diffluasse /di.fly.as/	diffluasses /di.fly.as/	diffluât /di.fly.a/	diffluassions /di.fly.a.sjɔ̃/	diffluassiez /di.fly.a.sje/	diffluassent /di.fly.as/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	difflue /di.fly/	—	diffluons /di.fly.ɔ̃/	diffluez /di.fly.e/	—
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).

Further reading

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