bluffer

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English

Etymology

From bluff +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

bluffer (plural bluffers)

  1. one who bluffs

Translations

Translations

Adjective

bluffer

  1. comparative form of bluff: more bluff

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English bluff.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blœ.fe/
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Verb

bluffer

  1. to bluff
  2. to surprise

Conjugation

Conjugation of bluffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple bluffer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bluffant
/blœ.fɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle bluffé
/blœ.fe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present bluffe
/blœf/ 		bluffes
/blœf/ 		bluffe
/blœf/ 		bluffons
/blœ.fɔ̃/ 		bluffez
/blœ.fe/ 		bluffent
/blœf/
imperfect bluffais
/blœ.fɛ/ 		bluffais
/blœ.fɛ/ 		bluffait
/blœ.fɛ/ 		bluffions
/blœ.fjɔ̃/ 		bluffiez
/blœ.fje/ 		bluffaient
/blœ.fɛ/
past historic2 bluffai
/blœ.fe/ 		bluffas
/blœ.fa/ 		bluffa
/blœ.fa/ 		bluffâmes
/blœ.fam/ 		bluffâtes
/blœ.fat/ 		bluffèrent
/blœ.fɛʁ/
future blufferai
/blœ.fʁe/ 		blufferas
/blœ.fʁa/ 		bluffera
/blœ.fʁa/ 		blufferons
/blœ.fʁɔ̃/ 		blufferez
/blœ.fʁe/ 		blufferont
/blœ.fʁɔ̃/
conditional blufferais
/blœ.fʁɛ/ 		blufferais
/blœ.fʁɛ/ 		blufferait
/blœ.fʁɛ/ 		blufferions
/blœ.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		blufferiez
/blœ.fə.ʁje/ 		blufferaient
/blœ.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 bluffe
/blœf/ 		bluffes
/blœf/ 		bluffe
/blœf/ 		bluffions
/blœ.fjɔ̃/ 		bluffiez
/blœ.fje/ 		bluffent
/blœf/
imperfect2 bluffasse
/blœ.fas/ 		bluffasses
/blœ.fas/ 		bluffât
/blœ.fa/ 		bluffassions
/blœ.fa.sjɔ̃/ 		bluffassiez
/blœ.fa.sje/ 		bluffassent
/blœ.fas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bluffe
/blœf/ 		— bluffons
/blœ.fɔ̃/ 		bluffez
/blœ.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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