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flamber
flamber
French
Verb
flamber
- (transitive) to flame, flambé
- (transitive, figuratively) to squander money, especially on gambling
- (intransitive) to burn, blaze
- to buckle
Conjugation
Conjugation of flamber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | flamber | avoir flambé | |||||
| gerund | en flambant | en ayant flambé | |||||
| present participle | flambant /flɑ̃.bɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | flambé /flɑ̃.be/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | flambe /flɑ̃b/ |
flambes /flɑ̃b/ |
flambe /flɑ̃b/ |
flambons /flɑ̃.bɔ̃/ |
flambez /flɑ̃.be/ |
flambent /flɑ̃b/ |
| imperfect | flambais /flɑ̃.bɛ/ |
flambais /flɑ̃.bɛ/ |
flambait /flɑ̃.bɛ/ |
flambions /flɑ̃.bjɔ̃/ |
flambiez /flɑ̃.bje/ |
flambaient /flɑ̃.bɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | flambai /flɑ̃.be/ |
flambas /flɑ̃.ba/ |
flamba /flɑ̃.ba/ |
flambâmes /flɑ̃.bam/ |
flambâtes /flɑ̃.bat/ |
flambèrent /flɑ̃.bɛʁ/ |
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| future | flamberai /flɑ̃.bʁe/ |
flamberas /flɑ̃.bʁa/ |
flambera /flɑ̃.bʁa/ |
flamberons /flɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/ |
flamberez /flɑ̃.bʁe/ |
flamberont /flɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | flamberais /flɑ̃.bʁɛ/ |
flamberais /flɑ̃.bʁɛ/ |
flamberait /flɑ̃.bʁɛ/ |
flamberions /flɑ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
flamberiez /flɑ̃.bə.ʁje/ |
flamberaient /flɑ̃.bʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | flambe /flɑ̃b/ |
flambes /flɑ̃b/ |
flambe /flɑ̃b/ |
flambions /flɑ̃.bjɔ̃/ |
flambiez /flɑ̃.bje/ |
flambent /flɑ̃b/ |
| imperfect1 |
flambasse /flɑ̃.bas/ |
flambasses /flɑ̃.bas/ |
flambât /flɑ̃.ba/ |
flambassions /flɑ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/ |
flambassiez /flɑ̃.ba.sje/ |
flambassent /flɑ̃.bas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | flambe /flɑ̃b/ |
— | flambons /flɑ̃.bɔ̃/ |
flambez /flɑ̃.be/ |
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