déambuler
See also: deambuler
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin deambulō, deambulāre. Compare Italian deambulare, Spanish deambular.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.ɑ̃.by.le/
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Verb
déambuler
- to stroll, to walk around, to amble
Conjugation
Conjugation of déambuler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | déambuler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | déambulant /de.ɑ̃.by.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | déambulé /de.ɑ̃.by.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | déambule /de.ɑ̃.byl/ | déambules /de.ɑ̃.byl/ | déambule /de.ɑ̃.byl/ | déambulons /de.ɑ̃.by.lɔ̃/ | déambulez /de.ɑ̃.by.le/ | déambulent /de.ɑ̃.byl/ |
| imperfect | déambulais /de.ɑ̃.by.lɛ/ | déambulais /de.ɑ̃.by.lɛ/ | déambulait /de.ɑ̃.by.lɛ/ | déambulions /de.ɑ̃.by.ljɔ̃/ | déambuliez /de.ɑ̃.by.lje/ | déambulaient /de.ɑ̃.by.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | déambulai /de.ɑ̃.by.le/ | déambulas /de.ɑ̃.by.la/ | déambula /de.ɑ̃.by.la/ | déambulâmes /de.ɑ̃.by.lam/ | déambulâtes /de.ɑ̃.by.lat/ | déambulèrent /de.ɑ̃.by.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | déambulerai /de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁe/ | déambuleras /de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁa/ | déambulera /de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁa/ | déambulerons /de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁɔ̃/ | déambulerez /de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁe/ | déambuleront /de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | déambulerais /de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁɛ/ | déambulerais /de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁɛ/ | déambulerait /de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁɛ/ | déambulerions /de.ɑ̃.by.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | déambuleriez /de.ɑ̃.by.lə.ʁje/ | déambuleraient /de.ɑ̃.byl.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 | déambule /de.ɑ̃.byl/ | déambules /de.ɑ̃.byl/ | déambule /de.ɑ̃.byl/ | déambulions /de.ɑ̃.by.ljɔ̃/ | déambuliez /de.ɑ̃.by.lje/ | déambulent /de.ɑ̃.byl/ |
| imperfect2 | déambulasse /de.ɑ̃.by.las/ | déambulasses /de.ɑ̃.by.las/ | déambulât /de.ɑ̃.by.la/ | déambulassions /de.ɑ̃.by.la.sjɔ̃/ | déambulassiez /de.ɑ̃.by.la.sje/ | déambulassent /de.ɑ̃.by.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | déambule /de.ɑ̃.byl/ | — | déambulons /de.ɑ̃.by.lɔ̃/ | déambulez /de.ɑ̃.by.le/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- déambulation
Further reading
- “déambuler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.