surplomber

French

Etymology

From sur- +‎ plomb +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

surplomber

1. to overhang
2. to overlook
3. to hang over, to hang above

Conjugation

Conjugation of surplomber (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	surplomber
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	surplombant /syʁ.plɔ̃.bɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		surplombé /syʁ.plɔ̃.be/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	surplombe /syʁ.plɔ̃b/	surplombes /syʁ.plɔ̃b/	surplombe /syʁ.plɔ̃b/	surplombons /syʁ.plɔ̃.bɔ̃/	surplombez /syʁ.plɔ̃.be/	surplombent /syʁ.plɔ̃b/
	imperfect	surplombais /syʁ.plɔ̃.bɛ/	surplombais /syʁ.plɔ̃.bɛ/	surplombait /syʁ.plɔ̃.bɛ/	surplombions /syʁ.plɔ̃.bjɔ̃/	surplombiez /syʁ.plɔ̃.bje/	surplombaient /syʁ.plɔ̃.bɛ/
	past historic2	surplombai /syʁ.plɔ̃.be/	surplombas /syʁ.plɔ̃.ba/	surplomba /syʁ.plɔ̃.ba/	surplombâmes /syʁ.plɔ̃.bam/	surplombâtes /syʁ.plɔ̃.bat/	surplombèrent /syʁ.plɔ̃.bɛʁ/
	future	surplomberai /syʁ.plɔ̃.bʁe/	surplomberas /syʁ.plɔ̃.bʁa/	surplombera /syʁ.plɔ̃.bʁa/	surplomberons /syʁ.plɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/	surplomberez /syʁ.plɔ̃.bʁe/	surplomberont /syʁ.plɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/
	conditional	surplomberais /syʁ.plɔ̃.bʁɛ/	surplomberais /syʁ.plɔ̃.bʁɛ/	surplomberait /syʁ.plɔ̃.bʁɛ/	surplomberions /syʁ.plɔ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/	surplomberiez /syʁ.plɔ̃.bə.ʁje/	surplomberaient /syʁ.plɔ̃.bʁɛ/
(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	surplombe /syʁ.plɔ̃b/	surplombes /syʁ.plɔ̃b/	surplombe /syʁ.plɔ̃b/	surplombions /syʁ.plɔ̃.bjɔ̃/	surplombiez /syʁ.plɔ̃.bje/	surplombent /syʁ.plɔ̃b/
	imperfect2	surplombasse /syʁ.plɔ̃.bas/	surplombasses /syʁ.plɔ̃.bas/	surplombât /syʁ.plɔ̃.ba/	surplombassions /syʁ.plɔ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/	surplombassiez /syʁ.plɔ̃.ba.sje/	surplombassent /syʁ.plɔ̃.bas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	surplombe /syʁ.plɔ̃b/	—	surplombons /syʁ.plɔ̃.bɔ̃/	surplombez /syʁ.plɔ̃.be/	—
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

• surplombement

Further reading

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