effleurer

French

Etymology

From ex- (“ex-”) +‎ fleurer (“sprinkle”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /e.flœ.ʁe/
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Verb

effleurer

  1. to stroke gently, to touch lightly
    Synonym: caresser
  2. to brush over, to brush past
  3. (figuratively) to skim over (a subject)

Conjugation
Conjugation of effleurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple effleurer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple effleurant
/e.flœ.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle effleuré
/e.flœ.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present effleure
/e.flœʁ/		 effleures
/e.flœʁ/		 effleure
/e.flœʁ/		 effleurons
/e.flœ.ʁɔ̃/		 effleurez
/e.flœ.ʁe/		 effleurent
/e.flœʁ/
imperfect effleurais
/e.flœ.ʁɛ/		 effleurais
/e.flœ.ʁɛ/		 effleurait
/e.flœ.ʁɛ/		 effleurions
/e.flœ.ʁjɔ̃/		 effleuriez
/e.flœ.ʁje/		 effleuraient
/e.flœ.ʁɛ/
past historic2 effleurai
/e.flœ.ʁe/		 effleuras
/e.flœ.ʁa/		 effleura
/e.flœ.ʁa/		 effleurâmes
/e.flœ.ʁam/		 effleurâtes
/e.flœ.ʁat/		 effleurèrent
/e.flœ.ʁɛʁ/
future effleurerai
/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁe/		 effleureras
/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁa/		 effleurera
/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁa/		 effleurerons
/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 effleurerez
/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁe/		 effleureront
/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional effleurerais
/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 effleurerais
/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 effleurerait
/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 effleurerions
/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 effleureriez
/e.flœ.ʁə.ʁje/		 effleureraient
/e.flœ.ʁə.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 effleure
/e.flœʁ/		 effleures
/e.flœʁ/		 effleure
/e.flœʁ/		 effleurions
/e.flœ.ʁjɔ̃/		 effleuriez
/e.flœ.ʁje/		 effleurent
/e.flœʁ/
imperfect2 effleurasse
/e.flœ.ʁas/		 effleurasses
/e.flœ.ʁas/		 effleurât
/e.flœ.ʁa/		 effleurassions
/e.flœ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 effleurassiez
/e.flœ.ʁa.sje/		 effleurassent
/e.flœ.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — effleure
/e.flœʁ/		 — effleurons
/e.flœ.ʁɔ̃/		 effleurez
/e.flœ.ʁe/		 —
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).

Descendants
  • → English: efflower

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