submerger

French

Etymology

From Latin submergere

Verb

submerger

1. to submerge

   Ce navire a été submergé.

2. to be engulfed in or with something.

   Je suis submergé de travail.

Synonyms

submerger has most of the time a passive voice, active and transitive synonym is immerger

Related terms

• submersible
• submersion

Conjugation

• 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)

		simple			compound
infinitive		submerger			avoir submergé
gerund		en submergeant			en ayant submergé
present participle		submergeant
past participle		submergé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	submerge	submerges	submerge	submergeons	submergez	submergent
	imperfect	submergeais	submergeais	submergeait	submergions	submergiez	submergeaient
	past historic1	submergeai	submergeas	submergea	submergeâmes	submergeâtes	submergèrent
	future	submergerai	submergeras	submergera	submergerons	submergerez	submergeront
	conditional	submergerais	submergerais	submergerait	submergerions	submergeriez	submergeraient
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	submerge	submerges	submerge	submergions	submergiez	submergent
	imperfect1	submergeasse	submergeasses	submergeât	submergeassions	submergeassiez	submergeassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	submerge	—	submergeons	submergez	—
1literary tenses

References

• "submerger" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).