submerger

English

Etymology

From submerge +‎ -er.

Noun

submerger (plural submergers)

  1. (rare) Someone or something that submerges.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin submergere.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /syb.mɛʁ.ʒe/
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Verb

submerger

  1. to submerge
    Ce navire a été submergé.
    The ship sank.
  2. to engulf in or with something
    Je suis submergé de travail.
    I'm snowed under with work.

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written submerge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of submerger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple submerger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple submergeant
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle submergé
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present submerge
/syb.mɛʁʒ/		 submerges
/syb.mɛʁʒ/		 submerge
/syb.mɛʁʒ/		 submergeons
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒɔ̃/		 submergez
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒe/		 submergent
/syb.mɛʁʒ/
imperfect submergeais
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒɛ/		 submergeais
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒɛ/		 submergeait
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒɛ/		 submergions
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒjɔ̃/		 submergiez
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒje/		 submergeaient
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒɛ/
past historic2 submergeai
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒe/		 submergeas
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒa/		 submergea
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒa/		 submergeâmes
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒam/		 submergeâtes
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒat/		 submergèrent
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒɛʁ/
future submergerai
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁe/		 submergeras
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁa/		 submergera
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁa/		 submergerons
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/		 submergerez
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁe/		 submergeront
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional submergerais
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/		 submergerais
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/		 submergerait
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/		 submergerions
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/		 submergeriez
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.ʁje/		 submergeraient
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒə.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 submerge
/syb.mɛʁʒ/		 submerges
/syb.mɛʁʒ/		 submerge
/syb.mɛʁʒ/		 submergions
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒjɔ̃/		 submergiez
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒje/		 submergent
/syb.mɛʁʒ/
imperfect2 submergeasse
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒas/		 submergeasses
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒas/		 submergeât
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒa/		 submergeassions
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/		 submergeassiez
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒa.sje/		 submergeassent
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — submerge
/syb.mɛʁʒ/		 — submergeons
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒɔ̃/		 submergez
/syb.mɛʁ.ʒe/		 —
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).

Synonyms

submerger has most of the time a passive voice, active and transitive synonym is immerger.

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