pouffer

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pu.fe/
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Verb

pouffer

  1. (intransitive) to burst out (with laughter); to crack up

Conjugation

Conjugation of pouffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pouffer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pouffant
/pu.fɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pouffé
/pu.fe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pouffe
/puf/ 		pouffes
/puf/ 		pouffe
/puf/ 		pouffons
/pu.fɔ̃/ 		pouffez
/pu.fe/ 		pouffent
/puf/
imperfect pouffais
/pu.fɛ/ 		pouffais
/pu.fɛ/ 		pouffait
/pu.fɛ/ 		pouffions
/pu.fjɔ̃/ 		pouffiez
/pu.fje/ 		pouffaient
/pu.fɛ/
past historic2 pouffai
/pu.fe/ 		pouffas
/pu.fa/ 		pouffa
/pu.fa/ 		pouffâmes
/pu.fam/ 		pouffâtes
/pu.fat/ 		pouffèrent
/pu.fɛʁ/
future poufferai
/pu.fʁe/ 		poufferas
/pu.fʁa/ 		pouffera
/pu.fʁa/ 		poufferons
/pu.fʁɔ̃/ 		poufferez
/pu.fʁe/ 		poufferont
/pu.fʁɔ̃/
conditional poufferais
/pu.fʁɛ/ 		poufferais
/pu.fʁɛ/ 		poufferait
/pu.fʁɛ/ 		poufferions
/pu.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		poufferiez
/pu.fə.ʁje/ 		poufferaient
/pu.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 pouffe
/puf/ 		pouffes
/puf/ 		pouffe
/puf/ 		pouffions
/pu.fjɔ̃/ 		pouffiez
/pu.fje/ 		pouffent
/puf/
imperfect2 pouffasse
/pu.fas/ 		pouffasses
/pu.fas/ 		pouffât
/pu.fa/ 		pouffassions
/pu.fa.sjɔ̃/ 		pouffassiez
/pu.fa.sje/ 		pouffassent
/pu.fas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pouffe
/puf/ 		— pouffons
/pu.fɔ̃/ 		pouffez
/pu.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).

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