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tournoyer
tournoyer
French
Verb
tournoyer
- (intransitive, of smoke, leaves, snow flakes) to whirl, to swirl
- (intransitive, of water) to eddy, to swirl
- (intransitive) to whirl, to swirl, to twirl, to whirl round, to swirl round, to twirl round
- (intransitive, of a bird) to circle, to circle round, to wheel
faire tournoyer
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ before a silent ‘e’.
Conjugation of tournoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | tournoyer | avoir tournoyé | |||||
| gerund | en tournoyant | en ayant tournoyé | |||||
| present participle | tournoyant /tuʁ.nwa.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | tournoyé /tuʁ.nwa.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | tournoie /tuʁ.nwa/ |
tournoies /tuʁ.nwa/ |
tournoie /tuʁ.nwa/ |
tournoyons /tuʁ.nwa.jɔ̃/ |
tournoyez /tuʁ.nwa.je/ |
tournoient /tuʁ.nwa/ |
| imperfect | tournoyais /tuʁ.nwa.jɛ/ |
tournoyais /tuʁ.nwa.jɛ/ |
tournoyait /tuʁ.nwa.jɛ/ |
tournoyions /tuʁ.nwaj.jɔ̃/ |
tournoyiez /tuʁ.nwaj.je/ |
tournoyaient /tuʁ.nwa.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | tournoyai /tuʁ.nwa.je/ |
tournoyas /tuʁ.nwa.ja/ |
tournoya /tuʁ.nwa.ja/ |
tournoyâmes /tuʁ.nwa.jam/ |
tournoyâtes /tuʁ.nwa.jat/ |
tournoyèrent /tuʁ.nwa.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | tournoierai /tuʁ.nwa.ʁe/ |
tournoieras /tuʁ.nwa.ʁa/ |
tournoiera /tuʁ.nwa.ʁa/ |
tournoierons /tuʁ.nwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
tournoierez /tuʁ.nwa.ʁe/ |
tournoieront /tuʁ.nwa.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | tournoierais /tuʁ.nwa.ʁɛ/ |
tournoierais /tuʁ.nwa.ʁɛ/ |
tournoierait /tuʁ.nwa.ʁɛ/ |
tournoierions /tuʁ.nwa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tournoieriez /tuʁ.nwa.ʁje/ |
tournoieraient /tuʁ.nwa.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 | tournoie /tuʁ.nwa/ |
tournoies /tuʁ.nwa/ |
tournoie /tuʁ.nwa/ |
tournoyions /tuʁ.nwaj.jɔ̃/ |
tournoyiez /tuʁ.nwaj.je/ |
tournoient /tuʁ.nwa/ |
| imperfect1 |
tournoyasse /tuʁ.nwa.jas/ |
tournoyasses /tuʁ.nwa.jas/ |
tournoyât /tuʁ.nwa.ja/ |
tournoyassions /tuʁ.nwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
tournoyassiez /tuʁ.nwa.ja.sje/ |
tournoyassent /tuʁ.nwa.jas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | tournoie /tuʁ.nwa/ |
— | tournoyons /tuʁ.nwa.jɔ̃/ |
tournoyez /tuʁ.nwa.je/ |
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Middle French
Etymology
Verb
tournoyer
- to participate in a tourney (medieval tournament); to tourney
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of tournoyer
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | tournoyer | avoir tournoyé | |||||
| gerund | en tournoyant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | tournoyant | ||||||
| past participle | tournoyé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | tournoye | tournoyes | tournoye | tournoyons | tournoyez | tournoyent |
| imperfect | tournoyois, tournoyoys | tournoyois, tournoyoys | tournoyoit, tournoyoyt | tournoyions, tournoyyons | tournoyiez, tournoyyez | tournoyoient, tournoyoyent | |
| past historic | tournoya | tournoyas | tournoya | tournoyasmes | tournoyastes | tournoyerent | |
| future | tournoyerai, tournoyeray | tournoyeras | tournoyera | tournoyerons | tournoyerez | tournoyeront | |
| conditional | tournoyerois, tournoyeroys | tournoyerois, tournoyeroys | tournoyeroit, tournoyeroyt | tournoyerions, tournoyeryons | tournoyeriez, tournoyeryez | tournoyeroient, tournoyeroyent | |
| 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 anterior | 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | tournoye | tournoyes | tournoye | tournoyons | tournoyez | tournoyent |
| imperfect | tournoyasse | tournoyasses | tournoyast | tournoyassions | tournoyassiez | tournoyassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | tournoye | — | tournoyons | tournoyez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: tournoyer
References
- tournoyer on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)