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sombrer
sombrer
French
Verb
sombrer
- (intransitive, literary, of a vessel) to sink
- (intransitive, literary, figuratively) to sink (+dans; into)
- sombrer dans l'alcoolisme
- sink into [the pit of] alcoholism
- sombrer dans l'alcoolisme
- (figuratively, intransitive) to whittle away (disappear)
Synonyms
(of a vessel, to sink):
(figuratively, to sink):
Conjugation
Conjugation of sombrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | sombrer | avoir sombré | |||||
| gerund | en sombrant | en ayant sombré | |||||
| present participle | sombrant /sɔ̃.bʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | sombré /sɔ̃.bʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | sombre /sɔ̃bʁ/ |
sombres /sɔ̃bʁ/ |
sombre /sɔ̃bʁ/ |
sombrons /sɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/ |
sombrez /sɔ̃.bʁe/ |
sombrent /sɔ̃bʁ/ |
| imperfect | sombrais /sɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
sombrais /sɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
sombrait /sɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
sombrions /sɔ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃/ |
sombriez /sɔ̃.bʁi.je/ |
sombraient /sɔ̃.bʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | sombrai /sɔ̃.bʁe/ |
sombras /sɔ̃.bʁa/ |
sombra /sɔ̃.bʁa/ |
sombrâmes /sɔ̃.bʁam/ |
sombrâtes /sɔ̃.bʁat/ |
sombrèrent /sɔ̃.bʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | sombrerai /sɔ̃.bʁə.ʁe/ |
sombreras /sɔ̃.bʁə.ʁa/ |
sombrera /sɔ̃.bʁə.ʁa/ |
sombrerons /sɔ̃.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
sombrerez /sɔ̃.bʁə.ʁe/ |
sombreront /sɔ̃.bʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | sombrerais /sɔ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/ |
sombrerais /sɔ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/ |
sombrerait /sɔ̃.bʁə.ʁɛ/ |
sombrerions /sɔ̃.bʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sombreriez /sɔ̃.bʁə.ʁje/ |
sombreraient /sɔ̃.bʁə.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 | sombre /sɔ̃bʁ/ |
sombres /sɔ̃bʁ/ |
sombre /sɔ̃bʁ/ |
sombrions /sɔ̃.bʁi.jɔ̃/ |
sombriez /sɔ̃.bʁi.je/ |
sombrent /sɔ̃bʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
sombrasse /sɔ̃.bʁas/ |
sombrasses /sɔ̃.bʁas/ |
sombrât /sɔ̃.bʁa/ |
sombrassions /sɔ̃.bʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
sombrassiez /sɔ̃.bʁa.sje/ |
sombrassent /sɔ̃.bʁas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | sombre /sɔ̃bʁ/ |
— | sombrons /sɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/ |
sombrez /sɔ̃.bʁe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||