survoler

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French

Etymology

From Middle French survoler. First attested in c. 1470. By surface analysis, sur- (“over”) +‎ voler (“fly”). Compare Italian sorvolare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /syʁ.vɔ.le/
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Verb

survoler

  1. (transitive) to fly over
  2. to skip through, to browse quickly
  3. to fly high

Conjugation

Conjugation of survoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple survoler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple survolant
/syʁ.vɔ.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle survolé
/syʁ.vɔ.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present survole
/syʁ.vɔl/ 		survoles
/syʁ.vɔl/ 		survole
/syʁ.vɔl/ 		survolons
/syʁ.vɔ.lɔ̃/ 		survolez
/syʁ.vɔ.le/ 		survolent
/syʁ.vɔl/
imperfect survolais
/syʁ.vɔ.lɛ/ 		survolais
/syʁ.vɔ.lɛ/ 		survolait
/syʁ.vɔ.lɛ/ 		survolions
/syʁ.vɔ.ljɔ̃/ 		survoliez
/syʁ.vɔ.lje/ 		survolaient
/syʁ.vɔ.lɛ/
past historic2 survolai
/syʁ.vɔ.le/ 		survolas
/syʁ.vɔ.la/ 		survola
/syʁ.vɔ.la/ 		survolâmes
/syʁ.vɔ.lam/ 		survolâtes
/syʁ.vɔ.lat/ 		survolèrent
/syʁ.vɔ.lɛʁ/
future survolerai
/syʁ.vɔl.ʁe/ 		survoleras
/syʁ.vɔl.ʁa/ 		survolera
/syʁ.vɔl.ʁa/ 		survolerons
/syʁ.vɔl.ʁɔ̃/ 		survolerez
/syʁ.vɔl.ʁe/ 		survoleront
/syʁ.vɔl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional survolerais
/syʁ.vɔl.ʁɛ/ 		survolerais
/syʁ.vɔl.ʁɛ/ 		survolerait
/syʁ.vɔl.ʁɛ/ 		survolerions
/syʁ.vɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		survoleriez
/syʁ.vɔ.lə.ʁje/ 		survoleraient
/syʁ.vɔl.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 survole
/syʁ.vɔl/ 		survoles
/syʁ.vɔl/ 		survole
/syʁ.vɔl/ 		survolions
/syʁ.vɔ.ljɔ̃/ 		survoliez
/syʁ.vɔ.lje/ 		survolent
/syʁ.vɔl/
imperfect2 survolasse
/syʁ.vɔ.las/ 		survolasses
/syʁ.vɔ.las/ 		survolât
/syʁ.vɔ.la/ 		survolassions
/syʁ.vɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ 		survolassiez
/syʁ.vɔ.la.sje/ 		survolassent
/syʁ.vɔ.las/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — survole
/syʁ.vɔl/ 		— survolons
/syʁ.vɔ.lɔ̃/ 		survolez
/syʁ.vɔ.le/ 		—
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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