confluer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnfluō.

Pronunciation
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Verb

confluer

  1. (of a river) to join, flow into (another river)
  2. (figuratively) to flood together, to converge

Conjugation
Conjugation of confluer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple confluer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple confluant
/kɔ̃.fly.ɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle conflué
/kɔ̃.fly.e/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present conflue
/kɔ̃.fly/		 conflues
/kɔ̃.fly/		 conflue
/kɔ̃.fly/		 confluons
/kɔ̃.fly.ɔ̃/		 confluez
/kɔ̃.fly.e/		 confluent
/kɔ̃.fly/
imperfect confluais
/kɔ̃.fly.ɛ/		 confluais
/kɔ̃.fly.ɛ/		 confluait
/kɔ̃.fly.ɛ/		 confluions
/kɔ̃.fly.jɔ̃/		 confluiez
/kɔ̃.fly.je/		 confluaient
/kɔ̃.fly.ɛ/
past historic2 confluai
/kɔ̃.fly.e/		 confluas
/kɔ̃.fly.a/		 conflua
/kɔ̃.fly.a/		 confluâmes
/kɔ̃.fly.am/		 confluâtes
/kɔ̃.fly.at/		 confluèrent
/kɔ̃.fly.ɛʁ/
future confluerai
/kɔ̃.fly.ʁe/		 conflueras
/kɔ̃.fly.ʁa/		 confluera
/kɔ̃.fly.ʁa/		 confluerons
/kɔ̃.fly.ʁɔ̃/		 confluerez
/kɔ̃.fly.ʁe/		 conflueront
/kɔ̃.fly.ʁɔ̃/
conditional confluerais
/kɔ̃.fly.ʁɛ/		 confluerais
/kɔ̃.fly.ʁɛ/		 confluerait
/kɔ̃.fly.ʁɛ/		 confluerions
/kɔ̃.fly.ʁjɔ̃/		 conflueriez
/kɔ̃.fly.ʁje/		 conflueraient
/kɔ̃.fly.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 conflue
/kɔ̃.fly/		 conflues
/kɔ̃.fly/		 conflue
/kɔ̃.fly/		 confluions
/kɔ̃.fly.jɔ̃/		 confluiez
/kɔ̃.fly.je/		 confluent
/kɔ̃.fly/
imperfect2 confluasse
/kɔ̃.fly.as/		 confluasses
/kɔ̃.fly.as/		 confluât
/kɔ̃.fly.a/		 confluassions
/kɔ̃.fly.a.sjɔ̃/		 confluassiez
/kɔ̃.fly.a.sje/		 confluassent
/kɔ̃.fly.as/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — conflue
/kɔ̃.fly/		 — confluons
/kɔ̃.fly.ɔ̃/		 confluez
/kɔ̃.fly.e/		 —
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).

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