contourner
French
Etymology
From Latin cum and tornare (Vulgar Latin contornare).
Verb
contourner
- to circumvent, to bypass, to skirt around
- to travel from one place to another, to visit several places
Conjugation
Conjugation of contourner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | contourner | avoir contourné | |||||
| gerund | en contournant | en ayant contourné | |||||
| present participle | contournant /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | contourné /kɔ̃.tuʁ.ne/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | contourne /kɔ̃.tuʁn/ |
contournes /kɔ̃.tuʁn/ |
contourne /kɔ̃.tuʁn/ |
contournons /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nɔ̃/ |
contournez /kɔ̃.tuʁ.ne/ |
contournent /kɔ̃.tuʁn/ |
| imperfect | contournais /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nɛ/ |
contournais /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nɛ/ |
contournait /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nɛ/ |
contournions /kɔ̃.tuʁ.njɔ̃/ |
contourniez /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nje/ |
contournaient /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | contournai /kɔ̃.tuʁ.ne/ |
contournas /kɔ̃.tuʁ.na/ |
contourna /kɔ̃.tuʁ.na/ |
contournâmes /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nam/ |
contournâtes /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nat/ |
contournèrent /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | contournerai /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
contourneras /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
contournera /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
contournerons /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
contournerez /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
contourneront /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | contournerais /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
contournerais /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
contournerait /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
contournerions /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
contourneriez /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nə.ʁje/ |
contourneraient /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ | |
| 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 | contourne /kɔ̃.tuʁn/ |
contournes /kɔ̃.tuʁn/ |
contourne /kɔ̃.tuʁn/ |
contournions /kɔ̃.tuʁ.njɔ̃/ |
contourniez /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nje/ |
contournent /kɔ̃.tuʁn/ |
| imperfect1 | contournasse /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nas/ |
contournasses /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nas/ |
contournât /kɔ̃.tuʁ.na/ |
contournassions /kɔ̃.tuʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
contournassiez /kɔ̃.tuʁ.na.sje/ |
contournassent /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nas/ | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | contourne /kɔ̃.tuʁn/ |
— | contournons /kɔ̃.tuʁ.nɔ̃/ |
contournez /kɔ̃.tuʁ.ne/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Synonyms
- faire le tour
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “contourner” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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