entourer

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French

Etymology

From entour (“around”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tu.ʁe/
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Verb

entourer

  1. to surround
    • 2005, Marc-André Wagner, Le cheval dans les croyances germaniques: paganisme, christianisme et traditions [The Horse in Germanic Beliefs: Paganism, Christianity, and Traditions], Honoré Champion, →ISBN:
      Le dernier type est le "cheval-jupon", un terme que l’ethnologue réserve à un déguisement pour une personne, constitué comme suit : le corps de la personne est entouré à la taille par un tissu — le jupon — recouvrant l’essentiel de ses jambes, une tête du cheval en bois […]
      The last type is the "hobby horse", a term which Ethnologue reserves for a disguise for a person, made as follows: the body of the person is surrounded at the waist by a cloth — the skirt — covering most of his legs; a horse's head of wood

Conjugation

Conjugation of entourer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple entourer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple entourant
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle entouré
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present entoure
/ɑ̃.tuʁ/ 		entoures
/ɑ̃.tuʁ/ 		entoure
/ɑ̃.tuʁ/ 		entourons
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁɔ̃/ 		entourez
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁe/ 		entourent
/ɑ̃.tuʁ/
imperfect entourais
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁɛ/ 		entourais
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁɛ/ 		entourait
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁɛ/ 		entourions
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁjɔ̃/ 		entouriez
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁje/ 		entouraient
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁɛ/
past historic2 entourai
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁe/ 		entouras
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁa/ 		entoura
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁa/ 		entourâmes
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁam/ 		entourâtes
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁat/ 		entourèrent
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁɛʁ/
future entourerai
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁə.ʁe/ 		entoureras
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁə.ʁa/ 		entourera
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁə.ʁa/ 		entourerons
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		entourerez
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁə.ʁe/ 		entoureront
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional entourerais
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		entourerais
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		entourerait
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		entourerions
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		entoureriez
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁə.ʁje/ 		entoureraient
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁə.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 entoure
/ɑ̃.tuʁ/ 		entoures
/ɑ̃.tuʁ/ 		entoure
/ɑ̃.tuʁ/ 		entourions
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁjɔ̃/ 		entouriez
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁje/ 		entourent
/ɑ̃.tuʁ/
imperfect2 entourasse
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁas/ 		entourasses
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁas/ 		entourât
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁa/ 		entourassions
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		entourassiez
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁa.sje/ 		entourassent
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — entoure
/ɑ̃.tuʁ/ 		— entourons
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁɔ̃/ 		entourez
/ɑ̃.tu.ʁe/ 		—
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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