survoler
French edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French survoler. First attested in c. 1470. By surface analysis, sur- (“over”) + voler (“fly”). Compare Italian sorvolare.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
survoler
- (transitive) to fly over
- to skip through, to browse quickly
- to fly high
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of survoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | survoler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | survolant /syʁ.vɔ.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | survolé /syʁ.vɔ.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | survole /syʁ.vɔl/ |
survoles /syʁ.vɔl/ |
survole /syʁ.vɔl/ |
survolons /syʁ.vɔ.lɔ̃/ |
survolez /syʁ.vɔ.le/ |
survolent /syʁ.vɔl/ |
| imperfect | survolais /syʁ.vɔ.lɛ/ |
survolais /syʁ.vɔ.lɛ/ |
survolait /syʁ.vɔ.lɛ/ |
survolions /syʁ.vɔ.ljɔ̃/ |
survoliez /syʁ.vɔ.lje/ |
survolaient /syʁ.vɔ.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | survolai /syʁ.vɔ.le/ |
survolas /syʁ.vɔ.la/ |
survola /syʁ.vɔ.la/ |
survolâmes /syʁ.vɔ.lam/ |
survolâtes /syʁ.vɔ.lat/ |
survolèrent /syʁ.vɔ.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | survolerai /syʁ.vɔl.ʁe/ |
survoleras /syʁ.vɔl.ʁa/ |
survolera /syʁ.vɔl.ʁa/ |
survolerons /syʁ.vɔl.ʁɔ̃/ |
survolerez /syʁ.vɔl.ʁe/ |
survoleront /syʁ.vɔl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | survolerais /syʁ.vɔl.ʁɛ/ |
survolerais /syʁ.vɔl.ʁɛ/ |
survolerait /syʁ.vɔl.ʁɛ/ |
survolerions /syʁ.vɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
survoleriez /syʁ.vɔ.lə.ʁje/ |
survoleraient /syʁ.vɔl.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 | survole /syʁ.vɔl/ |
survoles /syʁ.vɔl/ |
survole /syʁ.vɔl/ |
survolions /syʁ.vɔ.ljɔ̃/ |
survoliez /syʁ.vɔ.lje/ |
survolent /syʁ.vɔl/ |
| imperfect2 | survolasse /syʁ.vɔ.las/ |
survolasses /syʁ.vɔ.las/ |
survolât /syʁ.vɔ.la/ |
survolassions /syʁ.vɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ |
survolassiez /syʁ.vɔ.la.sje/ |
survolassent /syʁ.vɔ.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | survole /syʁ.vɔl/ |
— | survolons /syʁ.vɔ.lɔ̃/ |
survolez /syʁ.vɔ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms edit
References edit
- “survoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.