flamboyer
English
Etymology
Noun
flamboyer (plural flamboyers)
- (botany, 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.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for flamboyer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flɑ̃.bwa.je/
Verb
flamboyer
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)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | flamboyer | avoir flamboyé | |||||
| gerund | en flamboyant | en ayant flamboyé | |||||
| present participle | flamboyant /flɑ̃.bwa.jɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | flamboyé /flɑ̃.bwa.je/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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 historic1 | 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | flamboie /flɑ̃.bwa/ |
flamboies /flɑ̃.bwa/ |
flamboie /flɑ̃.bwa/ |
flamboyions /flɑ̃.bwaj.jɔ̃/ |
flamboyiez /flɑ̃.bwaj.je/ |
flamboient /flɑ̃.bwa/ |
| imperfect1 | 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 | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | flamboie /flɑ̃.bwa/ |
— | flamboyons /flɑ̃.bwa.jɔ̃/ |
flamboyez /flɑ̃.bwa.je/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Further reading
- “flamboyer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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