survoler
French
Etymology
sur- (“over”) + voler (“to fly”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syʁ.vɔ.le/
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Verb
survoler
- (transitive) to fly over
- to skip through, to browse quickly
- to fly high
Conjugation
Conjugation of survoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | survoler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | survolant /syʁ.vɔ.lɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | survolé /syʁ.vɔ.le/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | survole /syʁ.vɔl/ | survoles /syʁ.vɔl/ | survole /syʁ.vɔl/ | survolons /syʁ.vɔ.lɔ̃/ | survolez /syʁ.vɔ.le/ | survolent /syʁ.vɔl/ |
imperfect | survolais /syʁ.vɔ.lɛ/ | survolais /syʁ.vɔ.lɛ/ | survolait /syʁ.vɔ.lɛ/ | survolions /syʁ.vɔ.ljɔ̃/ | survoliez /syʁ.vɔ.lje/ | survolaient /syʁ.vɔ.lɛ/ | |
past historic2 | survolai /syʁ.vɔ.le/ | survolas /syʁ.vɔ.la/ | survola /syʁ.vɔ.la/ | survolâmes /syʁ.vɔ.lam/ | survolâtes /syʁ.vɔ.lat/ | survolèrent /syʁ.vɔ.lɛʁ/ | |
future | survolerai /syʁ.vɔl.ʁe/ | survoleras /syʁ.vɔl.ʁa/ | survolera /syʁ.vɔl.ʁa/ | survolerons /syʁ.vɔl.ʁɔ̃/ | survolerez /syʁ.vɔl.ʁe/ | survoleront /syʁ.vɔl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | survolerais /syʁ.vɔl.ʁɛ/ | survolerais /syʁ.vɔl.ʁɛ/ | survolerait /syʁ.vɔl.ʁɛ/ | survolerions /syʁ.vɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | survoleriez /syʁ.vɔ.lə.ʁje/ | survoleraient /syʁ.vɔl.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 | survole /syʁ.vɔl/ | survoles /syʁ.vɔl/ | survole /syʁ.vɔl/ | survolions /syʁ.vɔ.ljɔ̃/ | survoliez /syʁ.vɔ.lje/ | survolent /syʁ.vɔl/ |
imperfect2 | survolasse /syʁ.vɔ.las/ | survolasses /syʁ.vɔ.las/ | survolât /syʁ.vɔ.la/ | survolassions /syʁ.vɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ | survolassiez /syʁ.vɔ.la.sje/ | survolassent /syʁ.vɔ.las/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | survole /syʁ.vɔl/ | — | survolons /syʁ.vɔ.lɔ̃/ | survolez /syʁ.vɔ.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). |
Related terms
- survol
Further reading
- “survoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.