insuffler

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin īnsufflāre. Compare the simple verb souffler, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.sy.fle/
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Verb

insuffler

  1. (transitive) to infuse
  2. (transitive) to instill

Conjugation

Conjugation of insuffler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple insuffler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple insufflant
/ɛ̃.sy.flɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle insufflé
/ɛ̃.sy.fle/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present insuffle
/ɛ̃.syfl/ 		insuffles
/ɛ̃.syfl/ 		insuffle
/ɛ̃.syfl/ 		insufflons
/ɛ̃.sy.flɔ̃/ 		insufflez
/ɛ̃.sy.fle/ 		insufflent
/ɛ̃.syfl/
imperfect insufflais
/ɛ̃.sy.flɛ/ 		insufflais
/ɛ̃.sy.flɛ/ 		insufflait
/ɛ̃.sy.flɛ/ 		insufflions
/ɛ̃.sy.fli.jɔ̃/ 		insuffliez
/ɛ̃.sy.fli.je/ 		insufflaient
/ɛ̃.sy.flɛ/
past historic2 insufflai
/ɛ̃.sy.fle/ 		insufflas
/ɛ̃.sy.fla/ 		insuffla
/ɛ̃.sy.fla/ 		insufflâmes
/ɛ̃.sy.flam/ 		insufflâtes
/ɛ̃.sy.flat/ 		insufflèrent
/ɛ̃.sy.flɛʁ/
future insufflerai
/ɛ̃.sy.flə.ʁe/ 		insuffleras
/ɛ̃.sy.flə.ʁa/ 		insufflera
/ɛ̃.sy.flə.ʁa/ 		insufflerons
/ɛ̃.sy.flə.ʁɔ̃/ 		insufflerez
/ɛ̃.sy.flə.ʁe/ 		insuffleront
/ɛ̃.sy.flə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional insufflerais
/ɛ̃.sy.flə.ʁɛ/ 		insufflerais
/ɛ̃.sy.flə.ʁɛ/ 		insufflerait
/ɛ̃.sy.flə.ʁɛ/ 		insufflerions
/ɛ̃.sy.flə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		insuffleriez
/ɛ̃.sy.flə.ʁje/ 		insuffleraient
/ɛ̃.sy.flə.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 insuffle
/ɛ̃.syfl/ 		insuffles
/ɛ̃.syfl/ 		insuffle
/ɛ̃.syfl/ 		insufflions
/ɛ̃.sy.fli.jɔ̃/ 		insuffliez
/ɛ̃.sy.fli.je/ 		insufflent
/ɛ̃.syfl/
imperfect2 insufflasse
/ɛ̃.sy.flas/ 		insufflasses
/ɛ̃.sy.flas/ 		insufflât
/ɛ̃.sy.fla/ 		insufflassions
/ɛ̃.sy.fla.sjɔ̃/ 		insufflassiez
/ɛ̃.sy.fla.sje/ 		insufflassent
/ɛ̃.sy.flas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — insuffle
/ɛ̃.syfl/ 		— insufflons
/ɛ̃.sy.flɔ̃/ 		insufflez
/ɛ̃.sy.fle/ 		—
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).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

īnsuffler

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of īnsufflō
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