gonfler

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ̃.fle/

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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)

infinitive	simple	gonfler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	gonflant /ɡɔ̃.flɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gonflé /ɡɔ̃.fle/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(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 historic2	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	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	gonfle /ɡɔ̃fl/	gonfles /ɡɔ̃fl/	gonfle /ɡɔ̃fl/	gonflions /ɡɔ̃.fli.jɔ̃/	gonfliez /ɡɔ̃.fli.je/	gonflent /ɡɔ̃fl/
	imperfect2	gonflasse /ɡɔ̃.flas/	gonflasses /ɡɔ̃.flas/	gonflât /ɡɔ̃.fla/	gonflassions /ɡɔ̃.fla.sjɔ̃/	gonflassiez /ɡɔ̃.fla.sje/	gonflassent /ɡɔ̃.flas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gonfle /ɡɔ̃fl/	—	gonflons /ɡɔ̃.flɔ̃/	gonflez /ɡɔ̃.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).

Synonyms

• (irritate): peler, faire chier

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

• gonflable
• gonflant
• gonflette

Related terms

• enfler
• souffler

Further reading

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