flamboyer

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Etymology

Borrowed from French flamboyer (“to be bright”).

Noun

flamboyer (plural flamboyers)

  1. (archaic) Any of various trees in the East and West Indies with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Caesalpinieae, especially of Delonix and Caesalpinia, all of which were formerly in the obsolete genus Poinciana.

References

French

Etymology

From Old French flambeier, Inherited from Vulgar Latin *flammizāre (but influenced by flambe). Derivable from flambe +‎ -oyer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flɑ̃.bwa.je/
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Verb

flamboyer

  1. (intransitive) to blaze, flame

Conjugation

This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.

Conjugation of flamboyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple flamboyer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple flamboyant
/flɑ̃.bwa.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle flamboyé
/flɑ̃.bwa.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present flamboie
/flɑ̃.bwa/ 		flamboies
/flɑ̃.bwa/ 		flamboie
/flɑ̃.bwa/ 		flamboyons
/flɑ̃.bwa.jɔ̃/ 		flamboyez
/flɑ̃.bwa.je/ 		flamboient
/flɑ̃.bwa/
imperfect flamboyais
/flɑ̃.bwa.jɛ/ 		flamboyais
/flɑ̃.bwa.jɛ/ 		flamboyait
/flɑ̃.bwa.jɛ/ 		flamboyions
/flɑ̃.bwaj.jɔ̃/ 		flamboyiez
/flɑ̃.bwaj.je/ 		flamboyaient
/flɑ̃.bwa.jɛ/
past historic2 flamboyai
/flɑ̃.bwa.je/ 		flamboyas
/flɑ̃.bwa.ja/ 		flamboya
/flɑ̃.bwa.ja/ 		flamboyâmes
/flɑ̃.bwa.jam/ 		flamboyâtes
/flɑ̃.bwa.jat/ 		flamboyèrent
/flɑ̃.bwa.jɛʁ/
future flamboierai
/flɑ̃.bwa.ʁe/ 		flamboieras
/flɑ̃.bwa.ʁa/ 		flamboiera
/flɑ̃.bwa.ʁa/ 		flamboierons
/flɑ̃.bwa.ʁɔ̃/ 		flamboierez
/flɑ̃.bwa.ʁe/ 		flamboieront
/flɑ̃.bwa.ʁɔ̃/
conditional flamboierais
/flɑ̃.bwa.ʁɛ/ 		flamboierais
/flɑ̃.bwa.ʁɛ/ 		flamboierait
/flɑ̃.bwa.ʁɛ/ 		flamboierions
/flɑ̃.bwa.ʁjɔ̃/ 		flamboieriez
/flɑ̃.bwa.ʁje/ 		flamboieraient
/flɑ̃.bwa.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 flamboie
/flɑ̃.bwa/ 		flamboies
/flɑ̃.bwa/ 		flamboie
/flɑ̃.bwa/ 		flamboyions
/flɑ̃.bwaj.jɔ̃/ 		flamboyiez
/flɑ̃.bwaj.je/ 		flamboient
/flɑ̃.bwa/
imperfect2 flamboyasse
/flɑ̃.bwa.jas/ 		flamboyasses
/flɑ̃.bwa.jas/ 		flamboyât
/flɑ̃.bwa.ja/ 		flamboyassions
/flɑ̃.bwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		flamboyassiez
/flɑ̃.bwa.ja.sje/ 		flamboyassent
/flɑ̃.bwa.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — flamboie
/flɑ̃.bwa/ 		— flamboyons
/flɑ̃.bwa.jɔ̃/ 		flamboyez
/flɑ̃.bwa.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).

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