bourlinguer
French
Etymology
boulingue + -er or related to bouléguer (“to move”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡe/
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Verb
bourlinguer
- (intransitive, nautical) to tack against the wind
- (intransitive) to roam, get about
Conjugation
Conjugation of bourlinguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | bourlinguer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | bourlinguant /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | bourlingué /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | bourlingue /buʁ.lɛ̃ɡ/ | bourlingues /buʁ.lɛ̃ɡ/ | bourlingue /buʁ.lɛ̃ɡ/ | bourlinguons /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡɔ̃/ | bourlinguez /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡe/ | bourlinguent /buʁ.lɛ̃ɡ/ |
imperfect | bourlinguais /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡɛ/ | bourlinguais /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡɛ/ | bourlinguait /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡɛ/ | bourlinguions /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡjɔ̃/ | bourlinguiez /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡje/ | bourlinguaient /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡɛ/ | |
past historic2 | bourlinguai /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡe/ | bourlinguas /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡa/ | bourlingua /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡa/ | bourlinguâmes /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡam/ | bourlinguâtes /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡat/ | bourlinguèrent /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡɛʁ/ | |
future | bourlinguerai /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡʁe/ | bourlingueras /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡʁa/ | bourlinguera /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡʁa/ | bourlinguerons /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/ | bourlinguerez /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡʁe/ | bourlingueront /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | bourlinguerais /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ | bourlinguerais /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ | bourlinguerait /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/ | bourlinguerions /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ | bourlingueriez /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡə.ʁje/ | bourlingueraient /buʁ.lɛ̃.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 | bourlingue /buʁ.lɛ̃ɡ/ | bourlingues /buʁ.lɛ̃ɡ/ | bourlingue /buʁ.lɛ̃ɡ/ | bourlinguions /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡjɔ̃/ | bourlinguiez /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡje/ | bourlinguent /buʁ.lɛ̃ɡ/ |
imperfect2 | bourlinguasse /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡas/ | bourlinguasses /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡas/ | bourlinguât /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡa/ | bourlinguassions /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ | bourlinguassiez /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡa.sje/ | bourlinguassent /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | bourlingue /buʁ.lɛ̃ɡ/ | — | bourlinguons /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡɔ̃/ | bourlinguez /buʁ.lɛ̃.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). |
Derived terms
- bourlingueur
Further reading
- “bourlinguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.