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plomber
plomber
French
Etymology
Verb
plomber
- to fill with lead, to weigh down with lead
- (figuratively) to become a burden, to weigh down
Conjugation
Conjugation of plomber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | plomber | avoir plombé | |||||
| gerund | en plombant | en ayant plombé | |||||
| present participle | plombant /plɔ̃.bɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | plombé /plɔ̃.be/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | plombe /plɔ̃b/ |
plombes /plɔ̃b/ |
plombe /plɔ̃b/ |
plombons /plɔ̃.bɔ̃/ |
plombez /plɔ̃.be/ |
plombent /plɔ̃b/ |
| imperfect | plombais /plɔ̃.bɛ/ |
plombais /plɔ̃.bɛ/ |
plombait /plɔ̃.bɛ/ |
plombions /plɔ̃.bjɔ̃/ |
plombiez /plɔ̃.bje/ |
plombaient /plɔ̃.bɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | plombai /plɔ̃.be/ |
plombas /plɔ̃.ba/ |
plomba /plɔ̃.ba/ |
plombâmes /plɔ̃.bam/ |
plombâtes /plɔ̃.bat/ |
plombèrent /plɔ̃.bɛʁ/ |
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| future | plomberai /plɔ̃.bʁe/ |
plomberas /plɔ̃.bʁa/ |
plombera /plɔ̃.bʁa/ |
plomberons /plɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/ |
plomberez /plɔ̃.bʁe/ |
plomberont /plɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | plomberais /plɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
plomberais /plɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
plomberait /plɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
plomberions /plɔ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
plomberiez /plɔ̃.bə.ʁje/ |
plomberaient /plɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
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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 | plombe /plɔ̃b/ |
plombes /plɔ̃b/ |
plombe /plɔ̃b/ |
plombions /plɔ̃.bjɔ̃/ |
plombiez /plɔ̃.bje/ |
plombent /plɔ̃b/ |
| imperfect1 |
plombasse /plɔ̃.bas/ |
plombasses /plɔ̃.bas/ |
plombât /plɔ̃.ba/ |
plombassions /plɔ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/ |
plombassiez /plɔ̃.ba.sje/ |
plombassent /plɔ̃.bas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | plombe /plɔ̃b/ |
— | plombons /plɔ̃.bɔ̃/ |
plombez /plɔ̃.be/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
- plomber l'ambiance (“to put a damper on; cast a chill”)