gonfler

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cōnflāre. Compare Italian gonfiare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ̃.fle/

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Verb

gonfler

1. (transitive) to inflate, to blow up

   Antonym: dégonfler

2. (intransitive) to swell, to puff up
3. (transitive, informal) to get on someone's nerves

   Synonyms: saouler, peler, taper sur le système, casser les pieds

   Ça me gonfle. ― That bugs me.

Conjugation

Conjugation of gonfler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	gonfler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	gonflant /ɡɔ̃.flɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gonflé /ɡɔ̃.fle/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gonfle /ɡɔ̃fl/	gonfles /ɡɔ̃fl/	gonfle /ɡɔ̃fl/	gonflons /ɡɔ̃.flɔ̃/	gonflez /ɡɔ̃.fle/	gonflent /ɡɔ̃fl/
	imperfect	gonflais /ɡɔ̃.flɛ/	gonflais /ɡɔ̃.flɛ/	gonflait /ɡɔ̃.flɛ/	gonflions /ɡɔ̃.fli.jɔ̃/	gonfliez /ɡɔ̃.fli.je/	gonflaient /ɡɔ̃.flɛ/
	past historic2	gonflai /ɡɔ̃.fle/	gonflas /ɡɔ̃.fla/	gonfla /ɡɔ̃.fla/	gonflâmes /ɡɔ̃.flam/	gonflâtes /ɡɔ̃.flat/	gonflèrent /ɡɔ̃.flɛʁ/
	future	gonflerai /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁe/	gonfleras /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁa/	gonflera /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁa/	gonflerons /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɔ̃/	gonflerez /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁe/	gonfleront /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	gonflerais /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɛ/	gonflerais /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɛ/	gonflerait /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁɛ/	gonflerions /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁjɔ̃/	gonfleriez /ɡɔ̃.flə.ʁje/	gonfleraient /ɡɔ̃.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	gonfle /ɡɔ̃fl/	gonfles /ɡɔ̃fl/	gonfle /ɡɔ̃fl/	gonflions /ɡɔ̃.fli.jɔ̃/	gonfliez /ɡɔ̃.fli.je/	gonflent /ɡɔ̃fl/
	imperfect2	gonflasse /ɡɔ̃.flas/	gonflasses /ɡɔ̃.flas/	gonflât /ɡɔ̃.fla/	gonflassions /ɡɔ̃.fla.sjɔ̃/	gonflassiez /ɡɔ̃.fla.sje/	gonflassent /ɡɔ̃.flas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gonfle /ɡɔ̃fl/	—	gonflons /ɡɔ̃.flɔ̃/	gonflez /ɡɔ̃.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• gonflable
• gonflant
• gonflette

Related terms

• enfler
• souffler

Descendants

• → Romanian: gonfla

Further reading

• “gonfler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.