plomber

Danish

Noun

plomber c

1. indefinite plural of plombe

Verb

plomber

1. imperative of plombere

French

Etymology

From plomb +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɔ̃.be/

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Verb

plomber

1. to fill with lead, to weigh down with lead
2. (figuratively) to become a burden, to weigh down

Conjugation

Conjugation of plomber (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	plomber
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	plombant /plɔ̃.bɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		plombé /plɔ̃.be/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	plombe /plɔ̃b/	plombes /plɔ̃b/	plombe /plɔ̃b/	plombons /plɔ̃.bɔ̃/	plombez /plɔ̃.be/	plombent /plɔ̃b/
	imperfect	plombais /plɔ̃.bɛ/	plombais /plɔ̃.bɛ/	plombait /plɔ̃.bɛ/	plombions /plɔ̃.bjɔ̃/	plombiez /plɔ̃.bje/	plombaient /plɔ̃.bɛ/
	past historic2	plombai /plɔ̃.be/	plombas /plɔ̃.ba/	plomba /plɔ̃.ba/	plombâmes /plɔ̃.bam/	plombâtes /plɔ̃.bat/	plombèrent /plɔ̃.bɛʁ/
	future	plomberai /plɔ̃.bʁe/	plomberas /plɔ̃.bʁa/	plombera /plɔ̃.bʁa/	plomberons /plɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/	plomberez /plɔ̃.bʁe/	plomberont /plɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/
	conditional	plomberais /plɔ̃.bʁɛ/	plomberais /plɔ̃.bʁɛ/	plomberait /plɔ̃.bʁɛ/	plomberions /plɔ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/	plomberiez /plɔ̃.bə.ʁje/	plomberaient /plɔ̃.bʁɛ/
(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	plombe /plɔ̃b/	plombes /plɔ̃b/	plombe /plɔ̃b/	plombions /plɔ̃.bjɔ̃/	plombiez /plɔ̃.bje/	plombent /plɔ̃b/
	imperfect2	plombasse /plɔ̃.bas/	plombasses /plɔ̃.bas/	plombât /plɔ̃.ba/	plombassions /plɔ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/	plombassiez /plɔ̃.ba.sje/	plombassent /plɔ̃.bas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	plombe /plɔ̃b/	—	plombons /plɔ̃.bɔ̃/	plombez /plɔ̃.be/	—
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

• plombe
• plomber l'ambiance (“to put a damper on; cast a chill”)

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

plomber m

1. indefinite plural of plombe

Swedish

Noun

plomber

1. indefinite plural of plomb

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