"contourner" meaning in All languages combined

See contourner on Wiktionary

Verb [French]

IPA: /kɔ̃.tuʁ.ne/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-contourner.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-contourner.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-contourner.wav [France] (note: Somain)
Etymology: Inherited from Vulgar Latin *contornāre, from cum and tornāre. Also con- + tourner. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|la-vul||*contornāre||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Vulgar Latin *contornāre, {{inh+|fr|la-vul||*contornāre}} Inherited from Vulgar Latin *contornāre, {{prefix|fr|con|tourner}} con- + tourner Head templates: {{fr-verb}} contourner Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], contourner [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], contournant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], contourné [participle, past], contourne [first-person, indicative, present, singular], contournes [indicative, present, second-person, singular], contourne [indicative, present, singular, third-person], contournons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], contournez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], contournent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], contournais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], contournais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], contournait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], contournions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], contourniez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], contournaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], contournai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], contournas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], contourna [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], contournâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], contournâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], contournèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], contournerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], contourneras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], contournera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], contournerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], contournerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], contourneront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], contournerais [conditional, first-person, singular], contournerais [conditional, second-person, singular], contournerait [conditional, singular, third-person], contournerions [conditional, first-person, plural], contourneriez [conditional, plural, second-person], contourneraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], contourne [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], contournes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], contourne [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], contournions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], contourniez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], contournent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], contournasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], contournasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], contournât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], contournassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], contournassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], contournassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], contourne [imperative, second-person, singular], contournons [first-person, imperative, plural], contournez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. to circumvent, to bypass, to skirt around
    Sense id: en-contourner-fr-verb-8OihlyrS Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms prefixed with con-, French verbs with conjugation -er, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with con-: 67 33 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6
  2. to travel from one place to another, to visit several places
    Sense id: en-contourner-fr-verb-itQbzuDl Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: faire le tour Derived forms: incontournable Related terms: contour

Inflected forms

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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "contournasse",
      "ipa": "/kɔ̃.tuʁ.nas/",
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      "form": "contournât",
      "ipa": "/kɔ̃.tuʁ.na/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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    {
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        "to travel from one place to another, to visit several places"
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      "word": "faire le tour"
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.