souffler

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French sofler, from Latin sufflāre.

Pronunciation

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)
infinitive simple souffler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple soufflant
/su.flɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle soufflé
/su.fle/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on 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 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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