bluffer

English

Etymology

bluff +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Noun

bluffer (plural bluffers)

  1. one who bluffs

Adjective

bluffer

  1. comparative form of bluff: more bluff

Anagrams

French

Etymology

English bluff

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /blœ.fe/

Verb

bluffer

  1. to bluff

Conjugation
Conjugation of bluffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle bluffant
/blœ.fɑ̃/
past participle bluffé
/blœ.fe/
infinitive
simple bluffer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple bluffant
/blœ.fɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present bluffe
/blœf/		 bluffes
/blœf/		 bluffe
/blœf/		 bluffons
/blœ.fɔ̃/		 bluffez
/blœ.fe/		 bluffent
/blœf/
imperfect bluffais
/blœ.fɛ/		 bluffais
/blœ.fɛ/		 bluffait
/blœ.fɛ/		 bluffions
/blœ.fjɔ̃/		 bluffiez
/blœ.fje/		 bluffaient
/blœ.fɛ/
past historic2 bluffai
/blœ.fe/		 bluffas
/blœ.fa/		 bluffa
/blœ.fa/		 bluffâmes
/blœ.fam/		 bluffâtes
/blœ.fat/		 bluffèrent
/blœ.fɛʁ/
future blufferai
/blœ.fʁe/		 blufferas
/blœ.fʁa/		 bluffera
/blœ.fʁa/		 blufferons
/blœ.fʁɔ̃/		 blufferez
/blœ.fʁe/		 blufferont
/blœ.fʁɔ̃/
conditional blufferais
/blœ.fʁɛ/		 blufferais
/blœ.fʁɛ/		 blufferait
/blœ.fʁɛ/		 blufferions
/blœ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/		 blufferiez
/blœ.fə.ʁje/		 blufferaient
/blœ.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 bluffe
/blœf/		 bluffes
/blœf/		 bluffe
/blœf/		 bluffions
/blœ.fjɔ̃/		 bluffiez
/blœ.fje/		 bluffent
/blœf/
imperfect2 bluffasse
/blœ.fas/		 bluffasses
/blœ.fas/		 bluffât
/blœ.fa/		 bluffassions
/blœ.fa.sjɔ̃/		 bluffassiez
/blœ.fa.sje/		 bluffassent
/blœ.fas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bluffe
/blœf/		 — bluffons
/blœ.fɔ̃/		 bluffez
/blœ.fe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with 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).

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