méandrer
See also: meandrer
French
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editméandrer
- to meander (wind, turn or twist)
Conjugation
editConjugation of méandrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | méandrer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | méandrant /me.ɑ̃.dʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | méandré /me.ɑ̃.dʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | méandre /me.ɑ̃dʁ/ |
méandres /me.ɑ̃dʁ/ |
méandre /me.ɑ̃dʁ/ |
méandrons /me.ɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
méandrez /me.ɑ̃.dʁe/ |
méandrent /me.ɑ̃dʁ/ |
imperfect | méandrais /me.ɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
méandrais /me.ɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
méandrait /me.ɑ̃.dʁɛ/ |
méandrions /me.ɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
méandriez /me.ɑ̃.dʁi.je/ |
méandraient /me.ɑ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | méandrai /me.ɑ̃.dʁe/ |
méandras /me.ɑ̃.dʁa/ |
méandra /me.ɑ̃.dʁa/ |
méandrâmes /me.ɑ̃.dʁam/ |
méandrâtes /me.ɑ̃.dʁat/ |
méandrèrent /me.ɑ̃.dʁɛʁ/ | |
future | méandrerai /me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁe/ |
méandreras /me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁa/ |
méandrera /me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁa/ |
méandrerons /me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
méandrerez /me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁe/ |
méandreront /me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | méandrerais /me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁɛ/ |
méandrerais /me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁɛ/ |
méandrerait /me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁɛ/ |
méandrerions /me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
méandreriez /me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁje/ |
méandreraient /me.ɑ̃.dʁə.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 | méandre /me.ɑ̃dʁ/ |
méandres /me.ɑ̃dʁ/ |
méandre /me.ɑ̃dʁ/ |
méandrions /me.ɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
méandriez /me.ɑ̃.dʁi.je/ |
méandrent /me.ɑ̃dʁ/ |
imperfect2 | méandrasse /me.ɑ̃.dʁas/ |
méandrasses /me.ɑ̃.dʁas/ |
méandrât /me.ɑ̃.dʁa/ |
méandrassions /me.ɑ̃.dʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
méandrassiez /me.ɑ̃.dʁa.sje/ |
méandrassent /me.ɑ̃.dʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | méandre /me.ɑ̃dʁ/ |
— | méandrons /me.ɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
méandrez /me.ɑ̃.dʁe/ |
— | |
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
edit- “méandrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.