gonfler

French

Etymology

From Latin conflāre, present active infinitive of conflō. Compare Italian gonfiare.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ̃.fle/

Verb

gonfler

1. (transitive) to inflate, to blow up
2. (intransitive) to swell, to puff up
3. (transitive, colloquial) to get on someone's nerves

Conjugation

  Conjugation of gonfler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		gonfler			avoir gonflé
gerund		en gonflant			en ayant gonflé
present participle		gonflant /ɡɔ̃.flɑ̃/
past participle		gonflé /ɡɔ̃.fle/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	gonfle /ɡɔ̃fl/	gonfles /ɡɔ̃fl/	gonfle /ɡɔ̃fl/	gonflons /ɡɔ̃.flɔ̃/	gonflez /ɡɔ̃.fle/	gonflent /ɡɔ̃fl/
	imperfect	gonflais /ɡɔ̃.flɛ/	gonflais /ɡɔ̃.flɛ/	gonflait /ɡɔ̃.flɛ/	gonflions /ɡɔ̃.fli.jɔ̃/	gonfliez /ɡɔ̃.fli.je/	gonflaient /ɡɔ̃.flɛ/
	past historic1	gonflai /ɡɔ̃.fle/	gonflas /ɡɔ̃.fla/	gonfla /ɡɔ̃.fla/	gonflâmes /ɡɔ̃.flam/	gonflâtes /ɡɔ̃.flat/	gonflèrent /ɡɔ̃.flɛʁ/
	future	gonflerai /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁe/	gonfleras /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁa/	gonflera /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁa/	gonflerons /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɔ̃/	gonflerez /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁe/	gonfleront /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	gonflerais /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɛ/	gonflerais /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɛ/	gonflerait /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɛ/	gonflerions /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁjɔ̃/	gonfleriez /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁje/	gonfleraient /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɛ/
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	gonfle /ɡɔ̃fl/	gonfles /ɡɔ̃fl/	gonfle /ɡɔ̃fl/	gonflions /ɡɔ̃.fli.jɔ̃/	gonfliez /ɡɔ̃.fli.je/	gonflent /ɡɔ̃fl/
	imperfect1	gonflasse /ɡɔ̃.flas/	gonflasses /ɡɔ̃.flas/	gonflât /ɡɔ̃.fla/	gonflassions /ɡɔ̃.fla.sjɔ̃/	gonflassiez /ɡɔ̃.fla.sje/	gonflassent /ɡɔ̃.flas/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	gonfle /ɡɔ̃fl/	—	gonflons /ɡɔ̃.flɔ̃/	gonflez /ɡɔ̃.fle/	—
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Synonyms

• (irritate): peler, faire chier

Antonyms

• (transitive): dégonfler
• (intransitive): se dégonfler

Derived terms

• gonflable
• gonflant
• gonflette

Related terms

• enfler
• souffler

Further reading

• “gonfler” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).