flamber

French

Etymology

From flambe +‎ -er, replacing Old French flammer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /flɑ̃.be/
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Verb

flamber

  1. (transitive) to flame, flambé
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to squander money, especially on gambling
  3. (intransitive) to burn, blaze
  4. to buckle

Conjugation
Conjugation of flamber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple flamber
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple flambant
/flɑ̃.bɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle flambé
/flɑ̃.be/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present flambe
/flɑ̃b/		 flambes
/flɑ̃b/		 flambe
/flɑ̃b/		 flambons
/flɑ̃.bɔ̃/		 flambez
/flɑ̃.be/		 flambent
/flɑ̃b/
imperfect flambais
/flɑ̃.bɛ/		 flambais
/flɑ̃.bɛ/		 flambait
/flɑ̃.bɛ/		 flambions
/flɑ̃.bjɔ̃/		 flambiez
/flɑ̃.bje/		 flambaient
/flɑ̃.bɛ/
past historic2 flambai
/flɑ̃.be/		 flambas
/flɑ̃.ba/		 flamba
/flɑ̃.ba/		 flambâmes
/flɑ̃.bam/		 flambâtes
/flɑ̃.bat/		 flambèrent
/flɑ̃.bɛʁ/
future flamberai
/flɑ̃.bʁe/		 flamberas
/flɑ̃.bʁa/		 flambera
/flɑ̃.bʁa/		 flamberons
/flɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/		 flamberez
/flɑ̃.bʁe/		 flamberont
/flɑ̃.bʁɔ̃/
conditional flamberais
/flɑ̃.bʁɛ/		 flamberais
/flɑ̃.bʁɛ/		 flamberait
/flɑ̃.bʁɛ/		 flamberions
/flɑ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/		 flamberiez
/flɑ̃.bə.ʁje/		 flamberaient
/flɑ̃.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 flambe
/flɑ̃b/		 flambes
/flɑ̃b/		 flambe
/flɑ̃b/		 flambions
/flɑ̃.bjɔ̃/		 flambiez
/flɑ̃.bje/		 flambent
/flɑ̃b/
imperfect2 flambasse
/flɑ̃.bas/		 flambasses
/flɑ̃.bas/		 flambât
/flɑ̃.ba/		 flambassions
/flɑ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/		 flambassiez
/flɑ̃.ba.sje/		 flambassent
/flɑ̃.bas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — flambe
/flɑ̃b/		 — flambons
/flɑ̃.bɔ̃/		 flambez
/flɑ̃.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

Descendants
  • ⇒ Czech: flambovat
  • ⇒ Dutch: flamberen

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