déambuler

See also: deambuler

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin deambulāre. Compare Italian deambulare, Spanish deambular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.ɑ̃.by.le/

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Verb

déambuler

1. to stroll, to walk around, to amble

Conjugation

Conjugation of déambuler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	déambuler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	déambulant /de.ɑ̃.by.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		déambulé /de.ɑ̃.by.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	déambule /de.ɑ̃.byl/	déambules /de.ɑ̃.byl/	déambule /de.ɑ̃.byl/	déambulons /de.ɑ̃.by.lɔ̃/	déambulez /de.ɑ̃.by.le/	déambulent /de.ɑ̃.byl/
	imperfect	déambulais /de.ɑ̃.by.lɛ/	déambulais /de.ɑ̃.by.lɛ/	déambulait /de.ɑ̃.by.lɛ/	déambulions /de.ɑ̃.by.ljɔ̃/	déambuliez /de.ɑ̃.by.lje/	déambulaient /de.ɑ̃.by.lɛ/
	past historic2	déambulai /de.ɑ̃.by.le/	déambulas /de.ɑ̃.by.la/	déambula /de.ɑ̃.by.la/	déambulâmes /de.ɑ̃.by.lam/	déambulâtes /de.ɑ̃.by.lat/	déambulèrent /de.ɑ̃.by.lɛʁ/
	future	déambulerai /de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁe/	déambuleras /de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁa/	déambulera /de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁa/	déambulerons /de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁɔ̃/	déambulerez /de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁe/	déambuleront /de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	déambulerais /de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁɛ/	déambulerais /de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁɛ/	déambulerait /de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁɛ/	déambulerions /de.ɑ̃.by.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	déambuleriez /de.ɑ̃.by.lə.ʁje/	déambuleraient /de.ɑ̃.byl.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	déambule /de.ɑ̃.byl/	déambules /de.ɑ̃.byl/	déambule /de.ɑ̃.byl/	déambulions /de.ɑ̃.by.ljɔ̃/	déambuliez /de.ɑ̃.by.lje/	déambulent /de.ɑ̃.byl/
	imperfect2	déambulasse /de.ɑ̃.by.las/	déambulasses /de.ɑ̃.by.las/	déambulât /de.ɑ̃.by.la/	déambulassions /de.ɑ̃.by.la.sjɔ̃/	déambulassiez /de.ɑ̃.by.la.sje/	déambulassent /de.ɑ̃.by.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	déambule /de.ɑ̃.byl/	—	déambulons /de.ɑ̃.by.lɔ̃/	déambulez /de.ɑ̃.by.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• déambulation

Further reading

• “déambuler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.