submerger
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
submerger (plural submergers)
- (rare) Someone or something that submerges.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin submergere, present active infinitive of submergō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
submerger
- to submerge
- Ce navire a été submergé.
- to be engulfed in or with something.
- Je suis submergé de travail.
Conjugation[edit]
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written submerge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of submerger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | submerger | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | submergeant /syb.mɛʁ.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | submergé /syb.mɛʁ.ʒe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | submerge /syb.mɛʁʒ/ |
submerges /syb.mɛʁʒ/ |
submerge /syb.mɛʁʒ/ |
submergeons /syb.mɛʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
submergez /syb.mɛʁ.ʒe/ |
submergent /syb.mɛʁʒ/ |
imperfect | submergeais /syb.mɛʁ.ʒɛ/ |
submergeais /syb.mɛʁ.ʒɛ/ |
submergeait /syb.mɛʁ.ʒɛ/ |
submergions /syb.mɛʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
submergiez /syb.mɛʁ.ʒje/ |
submergeaient /syb.mɛʁ.ʒɛ/ | |
past historic2 | submergeai /syb.mɛʁ.ʒe/ |
submergeas /syb.mɛʁ.ʒa/ |
submergea /syb.mɛʁ.ʒa/ |
submergeâmes /syb.mɛʁ.ʒam/ |
submergeâtes /syb.mɛʁ.ʒat/ |
submergèrent /syb.mɛʁ.ʒɛʁ/ | |
future | submergerai /syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
submergeras /syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
submergera /syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
submergerons /syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ |
submergerez /syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
submergeront /syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | submergerais /syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
submergerais /syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
submergerait /syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
submergerions /syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
submergeriez /syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁje/ |
submergeraient /syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.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 | submerge /syb.mɛʁʒ/ |
submerges /syb.mɛʁʒ/ |
submerge /syb.mɛʁʒ/ |
submergions /syb.mɛʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
submergiez /syb.mɛʁ.ʒje/ |
submergent /syb.mɛʁʒ/ |
imperfect2 | submergeasse /syb.mɛʁ.ʒas/ |
submergeasses /syb.mɛʁ.ʒas/ |
submergeât /syb.mɛʁ.ʒa/ |
submergeassions /syb.mɛʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
submergeassiez /syb.mɛʁ.ʒa.sje/ |
submergeassent /syb.mɛʁ.ʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | submerge /syb.mɛʁʒ/ |
— | submergeons /syb.mɛʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
submergez /syb.mɛʁ.ʒe/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is only usable with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Synonyms[edit]
submerger has most of the time a passive voice, active and transitive synonym is immerger.
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “submerger” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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