tourbillonner
French
Etymology
tourbillon + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.ne/
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Verb
tourbillonner
- (intransitive, of water) to swirl, whirl
- (intransitive, of e.g. leaves) to twirl
- (intransitive, of dancers) to twirl
Conjugation
Conjugation of tourbillonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | tourbillonner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | tourbillonnant /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | tourbillonné /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | tourbillonne /tuʁ.bi.jɔn/ | tourbillonnes /tuʁ.bi.jɔn/ | tourbillonne /tuʁ.bi.jɔn/ | tourbillonnons /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.nɔ̃/ | tourbillonnez /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.ne/ | tourbillonnent /tuʁ.bi.jɔn/ |
imperfect | tourbillonnais /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.nɛ/ | tourbillonnais /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.nɛ/ | tourbillonnait /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.nɛ/ | tourbillonnions /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.njɔ̃/ | tourbillonniez /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.nje/ | tourbillonnaient /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | tourbillonnai /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.ne/ | tourbillonnas /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.na/ | tourbillonna /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.na/ | tourbillonnâmes /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.nam/ | tourbillonnâtes /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.nat/ | tourbillonnèrent /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
future | tourbillonnerai /tuʁ.bi.jɔn.ʁe/ | tourbillonneras /tuʁ.bi.jɔn.ʁa/ | tourbillonnera /tuʁ.bi.jɔn.ʁa/ | tourbillonnerons /tuʁ.bi.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | tourbillonnerez /tuʁ.bi.jɔn.ʁe/ | tourbillonneront /tuʁ.bi.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | tourbillonnerais /tuʁ.bi.jɔn.ʁɛ/ | tourbillonnerais /tuʁ.bi.jɔn.ʁɛ/ | tourbillonnerait /tuʁ.bi.jɔn.ʁɛ/ | tourbillonnerions /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | tourbillonneriez /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.nə.ʁje/ | tourbillonneraient /tuʁ.bi.jɔn.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 | tourbillonne /tuʁ.bi.jɔn/ | tourbillonnes /tuʁ.bi.jɔn/ | tourbillonne /tuʁ.bi.jɔn/ | tourbillonnions /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.njɔ̃/ | tourbillonniez /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.nje/ | tourbillonnent /tuʁ.bi.jɔn/ |
imperfect2 | tourbillonnasse /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.nas/ | tourbillonnasses /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.nas/ | tourbillonnât /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.na/ | tourbillonnassions /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ | tourbillonnassiez /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.na.sje/ | tourbillonnassent /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | tourbillonne /tuʁ.bi.jɔn/ | — | tourbillonnons /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.nɔ̃/ | tourbillonnez /tuʁ.bi.jɔ.ne/ | — | |
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
- “tourbillonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.