estomper
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛs.tɔ̃.pe/
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Verb
estomper
- (transitive) to blur
- Les copules, qui se réduisent au rôle de lien syntaxique entre sujet et attribut en estompant leur sémantique propre, sont souvent des verbes d’état.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (transitive; painting) to blur (with a stump), to make indistinct, to dim
- (reflexive) to become blurred
- (reflexive) to die down, to fade away
Conjugation
Conjugation of estomper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | estomper | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | estompant /ɛs.tɔ̃.pɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | estompé /ɛs.tɔ̃.pe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | estompe /ɛs.tɔ̃p/ |
estompes /ɛs.tɔ̃p/ |
estompe /ɛs.tɔ̃p/ |
estompons /ɛs.tɔ̃.pɔ̃/ |
estompez /ɛs.tɔ̃.pe/ |
estompent /ɛs.tɔ̃p/ |
| imperfect | estompais /ɛs.tɔ̃.pɛ/ |
estompais /ɛs.tɔ̃.pɛ/ |
estompait /ɛs.tɔ̃.pɛ/ |
estompions /ɛs.tɔ̃.pjɔ̃/ |
estompiez /ɛs.tɔ̃.pje/ |
estompaient /ɛs.tɔ̃.pɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | estompai /ɛs.tɔ̃.pe/ |
estompas /ɛs.tɔ̃.pa/ |
estompa /ɛs.tɔ̃.pa/ |
estompâmes /ɛs.tɔ̃.pam/ |
estompâtes /ɛs.tɔ̃.pat/ |
estompèrent /ɛs.tɔ̃.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | estomperai /ɛs.tɔ̃.pʁe/ |
estomperas /ɛs.tɔ̃.pʁa/ |
estompera /ɛs.tɔ̃.pʁa/ |
estomperons /ɛs.tɔ̃.pʁɔ̃/ |
estomperez /ɛs.tɔ̃.pʁe/ |
estomperont /ɛs.tɔ̃.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | estomperais /ɛs.tɔ̃.pʁɛ/ |
estomperais /ɛs.tɔ̃.pʁɛ/ |
estomperait /ɛs.tɔ̃.pʁɛ/ |
estomperions /ɛs.tɔ̃.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
estomperiez /ɛs.tɔ̃.pə.ʁje/ |
estomperaient /ɛs.tɔ̃.pʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | estompe /ɛs.tɔ̃p/ |
estompes /ɛs.tɔ̃p/ |
estompe /ɛs.tɔ̃p/ |
estompions /ɛs.tɔ̃.pjɔ̃/ |
estompiez /ɛs.tɔ̃.pje/ |
estompent /ɛs.tɔ̃p/ |
| imperfect2 | estompasse /ɛs.tɔ̃.pas/ |
estompasses /ɛs.tɔ̃.pas/ |
estompât /ɛs.tɔ̃.pa/ |
estompassions /ɛs.tɔ̃.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
estompassiez /ɛs.tɔ̃.pa.sje/ |
estompassent /ɛs.tɔ̃.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | estompe /ɛs.tɔ̃p/ |
— | estompons /ɛs.tɔ̃.pɔ̃/ |
estompez /ɛs.tɔ̃.pe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “estomper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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