Inherited from Old French flairier, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin flāgrāre, by dissimilation from Latin frāgrāre, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂gro-, from *bʰreh₂g- (“to smell”) + *-ro-.
flairer
| infinitive | simple | flairer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | flairant /flɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /fle.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | flairé /flɛ.ʁe/ or /fle.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | flaire /flɛʁ/ |
flaires /flɛʁ/ |
flaire /flɛʁ/ |
flairons /flɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁɔ̃/ |
flairez /flɛ.ʁe/ or /fle.ʁe/ |
flairent /flɛʁ/ |
| imperfect | flairais /flɛ.ʁɛ/ or /fle.ʁɛ/ |
flairais /flɛ.ʁɛ/ or /fle.ʁɛ/ |
flairait /flɛ.ʁɛ/ or /fle.ʁɛ/ |
flairions /flɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁjɔ̃/ |
flairiez /flɛ.ʁje/ or /fle.ʁje/ |
flairaient /flɛ.ʁɛ/ or /fle.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | flairai /flɛ.ʁe/ or /fle.ʁe/ |
flairas /flɛ.ʁa/ or /fle.ʁa/ |
flaira /flɛ.ʁa/ or /fle.ʁa/ |
flairâmes /flɛ.ʁam/ or /fle.ʁam/ |
flairâtes /flɛ.ʁat/ or /fle.ʁat/ |
flairèrent /flɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /fle.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | flairerai /flɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁe/ |
flaireras /flɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁa/ |
flairera /flɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁa/ |
flairerons /flɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
flairerez /flɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁe/ |
flaireront /flɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | flairerais /flɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
flairerais /flɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
flairerait /flɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
flairerions /flɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
flaireriez /flɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁje/ |
flaireraient /flɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /fle.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 | flaire /flɛʁ/ |
flaires /flɛʁ/ |
flaire /flɛʁ/ |
flairions /flɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁjɔ̃/ |
flairiez /flɛ.ʁje/ or /fle.ʁje/ |
flairent /flɛʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | flairasse /flɛ.ʁas/ or /fle.ʁas/ |
flairasses /flɛ.ʁas/ or /fle.ʁas/ |
flairât /flɛ.ʁa/ or /fle.ʁa/ |
flairassions /flɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
flairassiez /flɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /fle.ʁa.sje/ |
flairassent /flɛ.ʁas/ or /fle.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | flaire /flɛʁ/ |
— | flairons /flɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁɔ̃/ |
flairez /flɛ.ʁe/ or /fle.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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||