manœuvrer
See also: manoeuvrer
English
Noun
manœuvrer (plural manœuvrers)
- Alternative form of maneuverer
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *manuoperō, from Classical Latin manus (“hand”) with operor (“to work”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.nœ.vʁe/
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Verb
manœuvrer
- to maneuver
Conjugation
Conjugation of manœuvrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | manœuvrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | manœuvrant /ma.nœ.vʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | manœuvré /ma.nœ.vʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | manœuvre /ma.nœvʁ/ | manœuvres /ma.nœvʁ/ | manœuvre /ma.nœvʁ/ | manœuvrons /ma.nœ.vʁɔ̃/ | manœuvrez /ma.nœ.vʁe/ | manœuvrent /ma.nœvʁ/ |
| imperfect | manœuvrais /ma.nœ.vʁɛ/ | manœuvrais /ma.nœ.vʁɛ/ | manœuvrait /ma.nœ.vʁɛ/ | manœuvrions /ma.nœ.vʁi.jɔ̃/ | manœuvriez /ma.nœ.vʁi.je/ | manœuvraient /ma.nœ.vʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | manœuvrai /ma.nœ.vʁe/ | manœuvras /ma.nœ.vʁa/ | manœuvra /ma.nœ.vʁa/ | manœuvrâmes /ma.nœ.vʁam/ | manœuvrâtes /ma.nœ.vʁat/ | manœuvrèrent /ma.nœ.vʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | manœuvrerai /ma.nœ.vʁə.ʁe/ | manœuvreras /ma.nœ.vʁə.ʁa/ | manœuvrera /ma.nœ.vʁə.ʁa/ | manœuvrerons /ma.nœ.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | manœuvrerez /ma.nœ.vʁə.ʁe/ | manœuvreront /ma.nœ.vʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | manœuvrerais /ma.nœ.vʁə.ʁɛ/ | manœuvrerais /ma.nœ.vʁə.ʁɛ/ | manœuvrerait /ma.nœ.vʁə.ʁɛ/ | manœuvrerions /ma.nœ.vʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | manœuvreriez /ma.nœ.vʁə.ʁje/ | manœuvreraient /ma.nœ.vʁə.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 | manœuvre /ma.nœvʁ/ | manœuvres /ma.nœvʁ/ | manœuvre /ma.nœvʁ/ | manœuvrions /ma.nœ.vʁi.jɔ̃/ | manœuvriez /ma.nœ.vʁi.je/ | manœuvrent /ma.nœvʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | manœuvrasse /ma.nœ.vʁas/ | manœuvrasses /ma.nœ.vʁas/ | manœuvrât /ma.nœ.vʁa/ | manœuvrassions /ma.nœ.vʁa.sjɔ̃/ | manœuvrassiez /ma.nœ.vʁa.sje/ | manœuvrassent /ma.nœ.vʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | manœuvre /ma.nœvʁ/ | — | manœuvrons /ma.nœ.vʁɔ̃/ | manœuvrez /ma.nœ.vʁe/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “manœuvrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.