flamboyer
English
Noun
flamboyer (plural flamboyers)
- (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.
References
- “flamboyer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Etymology
From Old French flambeier, Inherited from Vulgar Latin *flammizāre (but influenced by flambe). Derivable from flambe + -oyer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flɑ̃.bwa.je/
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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)
| infinitive | simple | flamboyer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | flamboyant /flɑ̃.bwa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | flamboyé /flɑ̃.bwa.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (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 historic2 | 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 | 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 | flamboie /flɑ̃.bwa/ |
flamboies /flɑ̃.bwa/ |
flamboie /flɑ̃.bwa/ |
flamboyions /flɑ̃.bwaj.jɔ̃/ |
flamboyiez /flɑ̃.bwaj.je/ |
flamboient /flɑ̃.bwa/ |
| imperfect2 | 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 | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | flamboie /flɑ̃.bwa/ |
— | flamboyons /flɑ̃.bwa.jɔ̃/ |
flamboyez /flɑ̃.bwa.je/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “flamboyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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