surmonter

French

Etymology

From Old French, corresponding to sur- +‎ monter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syʁ.mɔ̃.te/

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Verb

surmonter

1. (transitive) to overcome, to surmount, to get over
2. (transitive) to top, to crown (a building, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of surmonter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	surmonter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	surmontant /syʁ.mɔ̃.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		surmonté /syʁ.mɔ̃.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	surmonte /syʁ.mɔ̃t/	surmontes /syʁ.mɔ̃t/	surmonte /syʁ.mɔ̃t/	surmontons /syʁ.mɔ̃.tɔ̃/	surmontez /syʁ.mɔ̃.te/	surmontent /syʁ.mɔ̃t/
	imperfect	surmontais /syʁ.mɔ̃.tɛ/	surmontais /syʁ.mɔ̃.tɛ/	surmontait /syʁ.mɔ̃.tɛ/	surmontions /syʁ.mɔ̃.tjɔ̃/	surmontiez /syʁ.mɔ̃.tje/	surmontaient /syʁ.mɔ̃.tɛ/
	past historic2	surmontai /syʁ.mɔ̃.te/	surmontas /syʁ.mɔ̃.ta/	surmonta /syʁ.mɔ̃.ta/	surmontâmes /syʁ.mɔ̃.tam/	surmontâtes /syʁ.mɔ̃.tat/	surmontèrent /syʁ.mɔ̃.tɛʁ/
	future	surmonterai /syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁe/	surmonteras /syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁa/	surmontera /syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁa/	surmonterons /syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/	surmonterez /syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁe/	surmonteront /syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	surmonterais /syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/	surmonterais /syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/	surmonterait /syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/	surmonterions /syʁ.mɔ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	surmonteriez /syʁ.mɔ̃.tə.ʁje/	surmonteraient /syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/
(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	surmonte /syʁ.mɔ̃t/	surmontes /syʁ.mɔ̃t/	surmonte /syʁ.mɔ̃t/	surmontions /syʁ.mɔ̃.tjɔ̃/	surmontiez /syʁ.mɔ̃.tje/	surmontent /syʁ.mɔ̃t/
	imperfect2	surmontasse /syʁ.mɔ̃.tas/	surmontasses /syʁ.mɔ̃.tas/	surmontât /syʁ.mɔ̃.ta/	surmontassions /syʁ.mɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/	surmontassiez /syʁ.mɔ̃.ta.sje/	surmontassent /syʁ.mɔ̃.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	surmonte /syʁ.mɔ̃t/	—	surmontons /syʁ.mɔ̃.tɔ̃/	surmontez /syʁ.mɔ̃.te/	—
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).

Synonyms

• vaincre
• couvrir

Further reading

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