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bouillir
bouillir
French
Verb
bouillir
- (intransitive) to boil (becoming boiling; reach boiling point)
- (transitive) to boil (cause to boil)
- (figuratively) to seethe
Conjugation
Conjugation of bouillir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | bouillir | avoir bouilli | |||||
| gerund | en bouillant | en ayant bouilli | |||||
| present participle | bouillant /bu.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | bouilli /bu.ji/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | bous /bu/ |
bous /bu/ |
bout /bu/ |
bouillons /bu.jɔ̃/ |
bouillez /bu.je/ |
bouillent /buj/ |
| imperfect | bouillais /bu.jɛ/ |
bouillais /bu.jɛ/ |
bouillait /bu.jɛ/ |
bouillions /buj.jɔ̃/ |
bouilliez /buj.je/ |
bouillaient /bu.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | bouillis /bu.ji/ |
bouillis /bu.ji/ |
bouillit /bu.ji/ |
bouillîmes /bu.jim/ |
bouillîtes /bu.jit/ |
bouillirent /bu.jiʁ/ |
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| future | bouillirai /bu.ji.ʁe/ |
bouilliras /bu.ji.ʁa/ |
bouillira /bu.ji.ʁa/ |
bouillirons /bu.ji.ʁɔ̃/ |
bouillirez /bu.ji.ʁe/ |
bouilliront /bu.ji.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | bouillirais /bu.ji.ʁɛ/ |
bouillirais /bu.ji.ʁɛ/ |
bouillirait /bu.ji.ʁɛ/ |
bouillirions /bu.ji.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bouilliriez /bu.ji.ʁje/ |
bouilliraient /bu.ji.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | bouille /buj/ |
bouilles /buj/ |
bouille /buj/ |
bouillions /buj.jɔ̃/ |
bouilliez /buj.je/ |
bouillent /buj/ |
| imperfect1 |
bouillisse /bu.jis/ |
bouillisses /bu.jis/ |
bouillît /bu.ji/ |
bouillissions /bu.ji.sjɔ̃/ |
bouillissiez /bu.ji.sje/ |
bouillissent /bu.jis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | bous /bu/ |
— | bouillons /bu.jɔ̃/ |
bouillez /bu.je/ |
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