divaguer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dīvagārī, dīvagor. See also vaguer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.va.ɡe/
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Verb
divaguer
- to wander (to move about aimlessly, or on a winding course)
- 2018, Zaz, J'aime j'aime
- Quelqu'un qui divague un peu pour rien, juste parce-que ça fait du bien d' penser à n'importe quoi.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 2018, Zaz, J'aime j'aime
- to ramble, to rant (to speak aimlessly, or on an unclear train of thought)
- (of a path) to wind
- (of movement) to wander, roam, wander about
Conjugation
Conjugation of divaguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | divaguer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | divaguant /di.va.ɡɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | divagué /di.va.ɡe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | divague /di.vaɡ/ | divagues /di.vaɡ/ | divague /di.vaɡ/ | divaguons /di.va.ɡɔ̃/ | divaguez /di.va.ɡe/ | divaguent /di.vaɡ/ |
| imperfect | divaguais /di.va.ɡɛ/ | divaguais /di.va.ɡɛ/ | divaguait /di.va.ɡɛ/ | divaguions /di.va.ɡjɔ̃/ | divaguiez /di.va.ɡje/ | divaguaient /di.va.ɡɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | divaguai /di.va.ɡe/ | divaguas /di.va.ɡa/ | divagua /di.va.ɡa/ | divaguâmes /di.va.ɡam/ | divaguâtes /di.va.ɡat/ | divaguèrent /di.va.ɡɛʁ/ | |
| future | divaguerai /di.va.ɡʁe/ | divagueras /di.va.ɡʁa/ | divaguera /di.va.ɡʁa/ | divaguerons /di.va.ɡʁɔ̃/ | divaguerez /di.va.ɡʁe/ | divagueront /di.va.ɡʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | divaguerais /di.va.ɡʁɛ/ | divaguerais /di.va.ɡʁɛ/ | divaguerait /di.va.ɡʁɛ/ | divaguerions /di.va.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ | divagueriez /di.va.ɡə.ʁje/ | divagueraient /di.va.ɡʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | divague /di.vaɡ/ | divagues /di.vaɡ/ | divague /di.vaɡ/ | divaguions /di.va.ɡjɔ̃/ | divaguiez /di.va.ɡje/ | divaguent /di.vaɡ/ |
| imperfect2 | divaguasse /di.va.ɡas/ | divaguasses /di.va.ɡas/ | divaguât /di.va.ɡa/ | divaguassions /di.va.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ | divaguassiez /di.va.ɡa.sje/ | divaguassent /di.va.ɡas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | divague /di.vaɡ/ | — | divaguons /di.va.ɡɔ̃/ | divaguez /di.va.ɡe/ | — | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Synonyms
- délirer
Related terms
- divagation
Further reading
- “divaguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.