plonger

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French

Etymology

From Old French plongier, from Vulgar Latin *plumbicāre, from Latin plumbum (“lead”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plɔ̃.ʒe/
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Verb

plonger

  1. to dive
  2. (figuratively) to plunge
    plonger dans ses souvenirs ― to take a trip down memory lane
  3. (reflexive, figuratively) to immerse oneself (in something)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written plonge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of plonger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple plonger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple plongeant
/plɔ̃.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle plongé
/plɔ̃.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present plonge
/plɔ̃ʒ/ 		plonges
/plɔ̃ʒ/ 		plonge
/plɔ̃ʒ/ 		plongeons
/plɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/ 		plongez
/plɔ̃.ʒe/ 		plongent
/plɔ̃ʒ/
imperfect plongeais
/plɔ̃.ʒɛ/ 		plongeais
/plɔ̃.ʒɛ/ 		plongeait
/plɔ̃.ʒɛ/ 		plongions
/plɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ 		plongiez
/plɔ̃.ʒje/ 		plongeaient
/plɔ̃.ʒɛ/
past historic2 plongeai
/plɔ̃.ʒe/ 		plongeas
/plɔ̃.ʒa/ 		plongea
/plɔ̃.ʒa/ 		plongeâmes
/plɔ̃.ʒam/ 		plongeâtes
/plɔ̃.ʒat/ 		plongèrent
/plɔ̃.ʒɛʁ/
future plongerai
/plɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/ 		plongeras
/plɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/ 		plongera
/plɔ̃ʒ.ʁa/ 		plongerons
/plɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		plongerez
/plɔ̃ʒ.ʁe/ 		plongeront
/plɔ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional plongerais
/plɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ 		plongerais
/plɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ 		plongerait
/plɔ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ 		plongerions
/plɔ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		plongeriez
/plɔ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ 		plongeraient
/plɔ̃ʒ.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 plonge
/plɔ̃ʒ/ 		plonges
/plɔ̃ʒ/ 		plonge
/plɔ̃ʒ/ 		plongions
/plɔ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ 		plongiez
/plɔ̃.ʒje/ 		plongent
/plɔ̃ʒ/
imperfect2 plongeasse
/plɔ̃.ʒas/ 		plongeasses
/plɔ̃.ʒas/ 		plongeât
/plɔ̃.ʒa/ 		plongeassions
/plɔ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		plongeassiez
/plɔ̃.ʒa.sje/ 		plongeassent
/plɔ̃.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — plonge
/plɔ̃ʒ/ 		— plongeons
/plɔ̃.ʒɔ̃/ 		plongez
/plɔ̃.ʒe/ 		—
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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