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flamber

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French

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Etymology

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From flambe +‎ -er, replacing Old French flammer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /flɑ̃.be/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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flamber

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

Conjugation

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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

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Descendants

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  • ⇒ Czech: flambovat
  • ⇒ Dutch: flamberen

Further reading

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