"étouffer" meaning in French

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Verb

IPA: /e.tu.fe/ Audio: Fr-étouffer.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Old French estouffler. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|estouffler|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French estouffler, {{inh+|fr|fro|estouffler}} Inherited from Old French estouffler Head templates: {{fr-verb}} étouffer Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], étouffer [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], étouffant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], étouffé [participle, past], étouffe [first-person, indicative, present, singular], étouffes [indicative, present, second-person, singular], étouffe [indicative, present, singular, third-person], étouffons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], étouffez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], étouffent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], étouffais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], étouffais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], étouffait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], étouffions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], étouffiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], étouffaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], étouffai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], étouffas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], étouffa [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], étouffâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], étouffâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], étouffèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], étoufferai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], étoufferas [future, indicative, second-person, singular], étouffera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], étoufferons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], étoufferez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], étoufferont [future, indicative, plural, third-person], étoufferais [conditional, first-person, singular], étoufferais [conditional, second-person, singular], étoufferait [conditional, singular, third-person], étoufferions [conditional, first-person, plural], étoufferiez [conditional, plural, second-person], étoufferaient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], étouffe [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], étouffes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], étouffe [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], étouffions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], étouffiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], étouffent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], étouffasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], étouffasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], étouffât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], étouffassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], étouffassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], étouffassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], étouffe [imperative, second-person, singular], étouffons [first-person, imperative, plural], étouffez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (transitive, intransitive) to smother, to choke Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-étouffer-fr-verb-dXxDM9Ag Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 61 39
  2. (figuratively, by extension) to stop, to inhibit, to prevent Tags: broadly, figuratively
    Sense id: en-étouffer-fr-verb-rCRZWmiy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: étouffer dans l’œuf

Inflected forms

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        "third-person"
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        "third-person"
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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        "French transitive verbs"
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}

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