triompher

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin triumphāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.jɔ̃.fe/

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Verb

triompher

1. to triumph

Conjugation

Conjugation of triompher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	triompher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	triomphant /tʁi.jɔ̃.fɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		triomphé /tʁi.jɔ̃.fe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	triomphe /tʁi.jɔ̃f/	triomphes /tʁi.jɔ̃f/	triomphe /tʁi.jɔ̃f/	triomphons /tʁi.jɔ̃.fɔ̃/	triomphez /tʁi.jɔ̃.fe/	triomphent /tʁi.jɔ̃f/
	imperfect	triomphais /tʁi.jɔ̃.fɛ/	triomphais /tʁi.jɔ̃.fɛ/	triomphait /tʁi.jɔ̃.fɛ/	triomphions /tʁi.jɔ̃.fjɔ̃/	triomphiez /tʁi.jɔ̃.fje/	triomphaient /tʁi.jɔ̃.fɛ/
	past historic2	triomphai /tʁi.jɔ̃.fe/	triomphas /tʁi.jɔ̃.fa/	triompha /tʁi.jɔ̃.fa/	triomphâmes /tʁi.jɔ̃.fam/	triomphâtes /tʁi.jɔ̃.fat/	triomphèrent /tʁi.jɔ̃.fɛʁ/
	future	triompherai /tʁi.jɔ̃.fʁe/	triompheras /tʁi.jɔ̃.fʁa/	triomphera /tʁi.jɔ̃.fʁa/	triompherons /tʁi.jɔ̃.fʁɔ̃/	triompherez /tʁi.jɔ̃.fʁe/	triompheront /tʁi.jɔ̃.fʁɔ̃/
	conditional	triompherais /tʁi.jɔ̃.fʁɛ/	triompherais /tʁi.jɔ̃.fʁɛ/	triompherait /tʁi.jɔ̃.fʁɛ/	triompherions /tʁi.jɔ̃.fə.ʁjɔ̃/	triompheriez /tʁi.jɔ̃.fə.ʁje/	triompheraient /tʁi.jɔ̃.fʁɛ/
(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	triomphe /tʁi.jɔ̃f/	triomphes /tʁi.jɔ̃f/	triomphe /tʁi.jɔ̃f/	triomphions /tʁi.jɔ̃.fjɔ̃/	triomphiez /tʁi.jɔ̃.fje/	triomphent /tʁi.jɔ̃f/
	imperfect2	triomphasse /tʁi.jɔ̃.fas/	triomphasses /tʁi.jɔ̃.fas/	triomphât /tʁi.jɔ̃.fa/	triomphassions /tʁi.jɔ̃.fa.sjɔ̃/	triomphassiez /tʁi.jɔ̃.fa.sje/	triomphassent /tʁi.jɔ̃.fas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	triomphe /tʁi.jɔ̃f/	—	triomphons /tʁi.jɔ̃.fɔ̃/	triomphez /tʁi.jɔ̃.fe/	—
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).

Derived terms

• à vaincre sans péril, on triomphe sans gloire

References

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

Further reading

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