affleurer

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

affleurer

  1. to place on the same level with, to show on the same surface
  2. (figuratively) to crop up, to surface, to poke one's head out

Conjugation

Conjugation of affleurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple affleurer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple affleurant
/a.flœ.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle affleuré
/a.flœ.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present affleure
/a.flœʁ/ 		affleures
/a.flœʁ/ 		affleure
/a.flœʁ/ 		affleurons
/a.flœ.ʁɔ̃/ 		affleurez
/a.flœ.ʁe/ 		affleurent
/a.flœʁ/
imperfect affleurais
/a.flœ.ʁɛ/ 		affleurais
/a.flœ.ʁɛ/ 		affleurait
/a.flœ.ʁɛ/ 		affleurions
/a.flœ.ʁjɔ̃/ 		affleuriez
/a.flœ.ʁje/ 		affleuraient
/a.flœ.ʁɛ/
past historic2 affleurai
/a.flœ.ʁe/ 		affleuras
/a.flœ.ʁa/ 		affleura
/a.flœ.ʁa/ 		affleurâmes
/a.flœ.ʁam/ 		affleurâtes
/a.flœ.ʁat/ 		affleurèrent
/a.flœ.ʁɛʁ/
future affleurerai
/a.flœ.ʁə.ʁe/ 		affleureras
/a.flœ.ʁə.ʁa/ 		affleurera
/a.flœ.ʁə.ʁa/ 		affleurerons
/a.flœ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		affleurerez
/a.flœ.ʁə.ʁe/ 		affleureront
/a.flœ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional affleurerais
/a.flœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		affleurerais
/a.flœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		affleurerait
/a.flœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		affleurerions
/a.flœ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		affleureriez
/a.flœ.ʁə.ʁje/ 		affleureraient
/a.flœ.ʁə.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 affleure
/a.flœʁ/ 		affleures
/a.flœʁ/ 		affleure
/a.flœʁ/ 		affleurions
/a.flœ.ʁjɔ̃/ 		affleuriez
/a.flœ.ʁje/ 		affleurent
/a.flœʁ/
imperfect2 affleurasse
/a.flœ.ʁas/ 		affleurasses
/a.flœ.ʁas/ 		affleurât
/a.flœ.ʁa/ 		affleurassions
/a.flœ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		affleurassiez
/a.flœ.ʁa.sje/ 		affleurassent
/a.flœ.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — affleure
/a.flœʁ/ 		— affleurons
/a.flœ.ʁɔ̃/ 		affleurez
/a.flœ.ʁe/ 		—
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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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