enfleurer

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ fleur (“flower”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁe/

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Verb

enfleurer=

1. to add the scent of flowers to a perfume

Conjugation

Conjugation of enfleurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	enfleurer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	enfleurant /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		enfleuré /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	enfleure /ɑ̃.flœʁ/	enfleures /ɑ̃.flœʁ/	enfleure /ɑ̃.flœʁ/	enfleurons /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁɔ̃/	enfleurez /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁe/	enfleurent /ɑ̃.flœʁ/
	imperfect	enfleurais /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁɛ/	enfleurais /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁɛ/	enfleurait /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁɛ/	enfleurions /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁjɔ̃/	enfleuriez /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁje/	enfleuraient /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	enfleurai /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁe/	enfleuras /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁa/	enfleura /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁa/	enfleurâmes /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁam/	enfleurâtes /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁat/	enfleurèrent /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁɛʁ/
	future	enfleurerai /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁə.ʁe/	enfleureras /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁə.ʁa/	enfleurera /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁə.ʁa/	enfleurerons /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	enfleurerez /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁə.ʁe/	enfleureront /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	enfleurerais /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	enfleurerais /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	enfleurerait /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	enfleurerions /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	enfleureriez /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁə.ʁje/	enfleureraient /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁə.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	enfleure /ɑ̃.flœʁ/	enfleures /ɑ̃.flœʁ/	enfleure /ɑ̃.flœʁ/	enfleurions /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁjɔ̃/	enfleuriez /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁje/	enfleurent /ɑ̃.flœʁ/
	imperfect2	enfleurasse /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁas/	enfleurasses /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁas/	enfleurât /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁa/	enfleurassions /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	enfleurassiez /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁa.sje/	enfleurassent /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	enfleure /ɑ̃.flœʁ/	—	enfleurons /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁɔ̃/	enfleurez /ɑ̃.flœ.ʁe/	—
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

• enfleurage