contourner
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verb
- to circumvent, to bypass, to skirt around
- to travel from one place to another, to visit several places
Forms
Present
| I | contourne |
|---|---|
| you | contournes |
| he, she, it | contourne |
| we | contournons |
| you (plural) | contournez |
| they | contournent |
Imperfect
| I | contournais |
|---|---|
| you | contournais |
| he, she, it | contournait |
| we | contournions |
| you (plural) | contourniez |
| they | contournaient |
Past historic
| I | contournai |
|---|---|
| you | contournas |
| he, she, it | contourna |
| we | contournâmes |
| you (plural) | contournâtes |
| they | contournèrent |
Future
| I | contournerai |
|---|---|
| you | contourneras |
| he, she, it | contournera |
| we | contournerons |
| you (plural) | contournerez |
| they | contourneront |
Conditional
| I | contournerais |
|---|---|
| you | contournerais |
| he, she, it | contournerait |
| we | contournerions |
| you (plural) | contourneriez |
| they | contourneraient |
Subjunctive
| I | contourne |
|---|---|
| you | contournes |
| he, she, it | contourne |
| we | contournions |
| you (plural) | contourniez |
| they | contournent |
Imperfect subjunctive
| I | contournasse |
|---|---|
| you | contournasses |
| he, she, it | contournât |
| we | contournassions |
| you (plural) | contournassiez |
| they | contournassent |
Imperative
| you | contourne |
|---|---|
| we | contournons |
| you (plural) | contournez |
Other forms
| infinitive | contourner |
|---|---|
| past participle | contourné |
| gerund | contournant |
More forms are in the app.
Used in the library
- Des coteaux de pierre, une fois contournés, semblèrent se refermer derrière eux; les brûlés firent place à la foule sombre des épinettes et des sapins; les montagnes de la rivière Alec se montrèrent deux ou trois fois dans le lointain; et bientôt les voyageurs perçurent à la fois un espace de terre défriché, une fumée qui montait, les jappements d'un chien.Stone hillsides, once bypassed, seemed to close behind them; the burnings replaced the dark crowds of spruces and fir trees; the mountains of the Alec River showed themselves two or three times in the distance; and soon the travelers perceived a space of cleared land, a smoke rising up, and the japplings of a dog.B1Maria Chapdelaine
- Alors tous ses doutes se confirmèrent: le chemin par lequel la voiture avait disparu contournait la forêt.Then all his doubts were confirmed: the path by which the car had disappeared bypassed the forest.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires