souffler

French

Etymology

From Old French sofler, from Latin sufflāre, present active infinitive of sufflō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /su.fle/
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Verb

souffler

  1. to blow
  2. to blow out
    Souffler des bougies. - Blow out candles.
  3. to whisper
  4. (figuratively) to relax

Conjugation
Conjugation of souffler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle soufflant
/su.flɑ̃/
past participle soufflé
/su.fle/
infinitive
simple souffler
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple soufflant
/su.flɑ̃/
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 souffle
/sufl/		 souffles
/sufl/		 souffle
/sufl/		 soufflons
/su.flɔ̃/		 soufflez
/su.fle/		 soufflent
/sufl/
imperfect soufflais
/su.flɛ/		 soufflais
/su.flɛ/		 soufflait
/su.flɛ/		 soufflions
/su.fli.jɔ̃/		 souffliez
/su.fli.je/		 soufflaient
/su.flɛ/
past historic2 soufflai
/su.fle/		 soufflas
/su.fla/		 souffla
/su.fla/		 soufflâmes
/su.flam/		 soufflâtes
/su.flat/		 soufflèrent
/su.flɛʁ/
future soufflerai
/su.flə.ʁe/		 souffleras
/su.flə.ʁa/		 soufflera
/su.flə.ʁa/		 soufflerons
/su.flə.ʁɔ̃/		 soufflerez
/su.flə.ʁe/		 souffleront
/su.flə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional soufflerais
/su.flə.ʁɛ/		 soufflerais
/su.flə.ʁɛ/		 soufflerait
/su.flə.ʁɛ/		 soufflerions
/su.flə.ʁjɔ̃/		 souffleriez
/su.flə.ʁje/		 souffleraient
/su.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 souffle
/sufl/		 souffles
/sufl/		 souffle
/sufl/		 soufflions
/su.fli.jɔ̃/		 souffliez
/su.fli.je/		 soufflent
/sufl/
imperfect2 soufflasse
/su.flas/		 soufflasses
/su.flas/		 soufflât
/su.fla/		 soufflassions
/su.fla.sjɔ̃/		 soufflassiez
/su.fla.sje/		 soufflassent
/su.flas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — souffle
/sufl/		 — soufflons
/su.flɔ̃/		 soufflez
/su.fle/		 —
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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