entourner

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ tourner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tuʁ.ne/

Verb

entourner

1. to wind, turn or curl around something

Conjugation

Conjugation of entourner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	entourner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	entournant /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		entourné /ɑ̃.tuʁ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	entourne /ɑ̃.tuʁn/	entournes /ɑ̃.tuʁn/	entourne /ɑ̃.tuʁn/	entournons /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nɔ̃/	entournez /ɑ̃.tuʁ.ne/	entournent /ɑ̃.tuʁn/
	imperfect	entournais /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nɛ/	entournais /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nɛ/	entournait /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nɛ/	entournions /ɑ̃.tuʁ.njɔ̃/	entourniez /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nje/	entournaient /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nɛ/
	past historic2	entournai /ɑ̃.tuʁ.ne/	entournas /ɑ̃.tuʁ.na/	entourna /ɑ̃.tuʁ.na/	entournâmes /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nam/	entournâtes /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nat/	entournèrent /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nɛʁ/
	future	entournerai /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nə.ʁe/	entourneras /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nə.ʁa/	entournera /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nə.ʁa/	entournerons /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/	entournerez /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nə.ʁe/	entourneront /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	entournerais /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	entournerais /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	entournerait /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	entournerions /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	entourneriez /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nə.ʁje/	entourneraient /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nə.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	entourne /ɑ̃.tuʁn/	entournes /ɑ̃.tuʁn/	entourne /ɑ̃.tuʁn/	entournions /ɑ̃.tuʁ.njɔ̃/	entourniez /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nje/	entournent /ɑ̃.tuʁn/
	imperfect2	entournasse /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nas/	entournasses /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nas/	entournât /ɑ̃.tuʁ.na/	entournassions /ɑ̃.tuʁ.na.sjɔ̃/	entournassiez /ɑ̃.tuʁ.na.sje/	entournassent /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	entourne /ɑ̃.tuʁn/	—	entournons /ɑ̃.tuʁ.nɔ̃/	entournez /ɑ̃.tuʁ.ne/	—
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).