brouiller

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French brouiller, from Old French brouiller, from Vulgar Latin *brodiculāre, from *brodicāre (compare Lombard brodigar (“to soil, pollute”)), from Late Latin brodium (“broth, stew, mixture”), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“stock, broth”). More at English broth, broil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁu.je/
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Verb

brouiller

  1. to blur
  2. to mix up, confuse
  3. to scramble (an egg)
  4. to set at odds, put (someone) off (something)
  5. to jam (a transmission), to scramble (a message)
  6. (reflexive) to become blurred, get mixed up
  7. (reflexive, ~ avec) to fall out
  8. (reflexive, meteorology) to cloud over

Conjugation

Conjugation of brouiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple brouiller
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple brouillant
/bʁu.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle brouillé
/bʁu.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present brouille
/bʁuj/ 		brouilles
/bʁuj/ 		brouille
/bʁuj/ 		brouillons
/bʁu.jɔ̃/ 		brouillez
/bʁu.je/ 		brouillent
/bʁuj/
imperfect brouillais
/bʁu.jɛ/ 		brouillais
/bʁu.jɛ/ 		brouillait
/bʁu.jɛ/ 		brouillions
/bʁuj.jɔ̃/ 		brouilliez
/bʁuj.je/ 		brouillaient
/bʁu.jɛ/
past historic2 brouillai
/bʁu.je/ 		brouillas
/bʁu.ja/ 		brouilla
/bʁu.ja/ 		brouillâmes
/bʁu.jam/ 		brouillâtes
/bʁu.jat/ 		brouillèrent
/bʁu.jɛʁ/
future brouillerai
/bʁuj.ʁe/ 		brouilleras
/bʁuj.ʁa/ 		brouillera
/bʁuj.ʁa/ 		brouillerons
/bʁuj.ʁɔ̃/ 		brouillerez
/bʁuj.ʁe/ 		brouilleront
/bʁuj.ʁɔ̃/
conditional brouillerais
/bʁuj.ʁɛ/ 		brouillerais
/bʁuj.ʁɛ/ 		brouillerait
/bʁuj.ʁɛ/ 		brouillerions
/bʁu.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		brouilleriez
/bʁu.jə.ʁje/ 		brouilleraient
/bʁuj.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 brouille
/bʁuj/ 		brouilles
/bʁuj/ 		brouille
/bʁuj/ 		brouillions
/bʁuj.jɔ̃/ 		brouilliez
/bʁuj.je/ 		brouillent
/bʁuj/
imperfect2 brouillasse
/bʁu.jas/ 		brouillasses
/bʁu.jas/ 		brouillât
/bʁu.ja/ 		brouillassions
/bʁu.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		brouillassiez
/bʁu.ja.sje/ 		brouillassent
/bʁu.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — brouille
/bʁuj/ 		— brouillons
/bʁu.jɔ̃/ 		brouillez
/bʁu.je/ 		—
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).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Dutch: brouilleren
  • → Romanian: bruia

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