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flairer

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French flairier, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin flāgrāre, by dissimilation from Latin frāgrāre, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂gro-, from *bʰreh₂g- (“to smell”) + *-ro-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /flɛ.ʁe/ ~ /fle.ʁe/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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flairer

  1. (transitive) to smell, sniff (at)
  2. (transitive, hunting) to scent
  3. (transitive) to sense

Conjugation

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Conjugation of flairer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple flairer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple flairant
/flɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /fle.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle flairé
/flɛ.ʁe/ or /fle.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present flaire
/flɛʁ/ 		flaires
/flɛʁ/ 		flaire
/flɛʁ/ 		flairons
/flɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁɔ̃/ 		flairez
/flɛ.ʁe/ or /fle.ʁe/ 		flairent
/flɛʁ/
imperfect flairais
/flɛ.ʁɛ/ or /fle.ʁɛ/ 		flairais
/flɛ.ʁɛ/ or /fle.ʁɛ/ 		flairait
/flɛ.ʁɛ/ or /fle.ʁɛ/ 		flairions
/flɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁjɔ̃/ 		flairiez
/flɛ.ʁje/ or /fle.ʁje/ 		flairaient
/flɛ.ʁɛ/ or /fle.ʁɛ/
past historic2 flairai
/flɛ.ʁe/ or /fle.ʁe/ 		flairas
/flɛ.ʁa/ or /fle.ʁa/ 		flaira
/flɛ.ʁa/ or /fle.ʁa/ 		flairâmes
/flɛ.ʁam/ or /fle.ʁam/ 		flairâtes
/flɛ.ʁat/ or /fle.ʁat/ 		flairèrent
/flɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /fle.ʁɛʁ/
future flairerai
/flɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁe/ 		flaireras
/flɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁa/ 		flairera
/flɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁa/ 		flairerons
/flɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		flairerez
/flɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁe/ 		flaireront
/flɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional flairerais
/flɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		flairerais
/flɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		flairerait
/flɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		flairerions
/flɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		flaireriez
/flɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /fle.ʁə.ʁje/ 		flaireraient
/flɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /fle.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 flaire
/flɛʁ/ 		flaires
/flɛʁ/ 		flaire
/flɛʁ/ 		flairions
/flɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁjɔ̃/ 		flairiez
/flɛ.ʁje/ or /fle.ʁje/ 		flairent
/flɛʁ/
imperfect2 flairasse
/flɛ.ʁas/ or /fle.ʁas/ 		flairasses
/flɛ.ʁas/ or /fle.ʁas/ 		flairât
/flɛ.ʁa/ or /fle.ʁa/ 		flairassions
/flɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		flairassiez
/flɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /fle.ʁa.sje/ 		flairassent
/flɛ.ʁas/ or /fle.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — flaire
/flɛʁ/ 		— flairons
/flɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /fle.ʁɔ̃/ 		flairez
/flɛ.ʁe/ or /fle.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).

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Esperanto: flari
    • Ido: flarar

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