circonscrire

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circumscrībō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁiʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

circonscrire

  1. to circumscribe

Conjugation

Conjugation of circonscrire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple circonscrire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple circonscrivant
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle circonscrit
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present circonscris
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi/ 		circonscris
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi/ 		circonscrit
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi/ 		circonscrivons
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vɔ̃/ 		circonscrivez
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ve/ 		circonscrivent
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁiv/
imperfect circonscrivais
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vɛ/ 		circonscrivais
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vɛ/ 		circonscrivait
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vɛ/ 		circonscrivions
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vjɔ̃/ 		circonscriviez
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vje/ 		circonscrivaient
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vɛ/
past historic2 circonscrivis
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vi/ 		circonscrivis
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vi/ 		circonscrivit
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vi/ 		circonscrivîmes
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vim/ 		circonscrivîtes
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vit/ 		circonscrivirent
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.viʁ/
future circonscrirai
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ʁe/ 		circonscriras
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ʁa/ 		circonscrira
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ʁa/ 		circonscrirons
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ʁɔ̃/ 		circonscrirez
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ʁe/ 		circonscriront
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional circonscrirais
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ʁɛ/ 		circonscrirais
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ʁɛ/ 		circonscrirait
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ʁɛ/ 		circonscririons
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		circonscririez
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ʁje/ 		circonscriraient
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.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 circonscrive
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁiv/ 		circonscrives
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁiv/ 		circonscrive
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁiv/ 		circonscrivions
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vjɔ̃/ 		circonscriviez
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vje/ 		circonscrivent
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁiv/
imperfect2 circonscrivisse
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vis/ 		circonscrivisses
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vis/ 		circonscrivît
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vi/ 		circonscrivissions
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vi.sjɔ̃/ 		circonscrivissiez
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vi.sje/ 		circonscrivissent
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — circonscris
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi/ 		— circonscrivons
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vɔ̃/ 		circonscrivez
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ve/ 		—
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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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