tourner

French

Etymology

From Old French torner, from Latin tornāre, present active infinitive of tornō (“turn”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /tuʁne/

Verb

tourner

1. To turn (left, right etc.)
2. To stir (e.g. ingredients)
3. To tour, to go on tour
4. To film, to shoot a film.
5. (computing) To work
6. To lathe.

Derived terms

• détourner
• tournée
• tournure
• tournage
• tourner autour du pot

Conjugation

   Conjugation of tourner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		tourner			avoir tourné
gerund		en tournant			en ayant tourné
present participle		tournant
past participle		tourné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	tourne	tournes	tourne	tournons	tournez	tournent
	imperfect	tournais	tournais	tournait	tournions	tourniez	tournaient
	past historic1	tournai	tournas	tourna	tournâmes	tournâtes	tournèrent
	future	tournerai	tourneras	tournera	tournerons	tournerez	tourneront
	conditional	tournerais	tournerais	tournerait	tournerions	tourneriez	tourneraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	tourne	tournes	tourne	tournions	tourniez	tournent
	imperfect1	tournasse	tournasses	tournât	tournassions	tournassiez	tournassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	tourne	—	tournons	tournez	—
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Etymology

From Old French torner, from Latin tornō, tornāre, from tornus (“lathe”), from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tornos, “carpenter's tool for drawing a circle; turning lathe”).

Verb

tourner

1. to turn (intransitive)