surmonter

French

Etymology

From Old French, corresponding to sur- +‎ monter.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /syʁ.mɔ̃.te/
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Verb

surmonter

  1. (transitive) to overcome, to surmount, to get over
  2. (transitive) to top, to crown (a building, etc.)

Conjugation
Conjugation of surmonter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle surmontant
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tɑ̃/
past participle surmonté
/syʁ.mɔ̃.te/
infinitive
simple surmonter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple surmontant
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present surmonte
/syʁ.mɔ̃t/		 surmontes
/syʁ.mɔ̃t/		 surmonte
/syʁ.mɔ̃t/		 surmontons
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tɔ̃/		 surmontez
/syʁ.mɔ̃.te/		 surmontent
/syʁ.mɔ̃t/
imperfect surmontais
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tɛ/		 surmontais
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tɛ/		 surmontait
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tɛ/		 surmontions
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tjɔ̃/		 surmontiez
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tje/		 surmontaient
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 surmontai
/syʁ.mɔ̃.te/		 surmontas
/syʁ.mɔ̃.ta/		 surmonta
/syʁ.mɔ̃.ta/		 surmontâmes
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tam/		 surmontâtes
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tat/		 surmontèrent
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tɛʁ/
future surmonterai
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁe/		 surmonteras
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁa/		 surmontera
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁa/		 surmonterons
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/		 surmonterez
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁe/		 surmonteront
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional surmonterais
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/		 surmonterais
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/		 surmonterait
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/		 surmonterions
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 surmonteriez
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tə.ʁje/		 surmonteraient
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/
(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 surmonte
/syʁ.mɔ̃t/		 surmontes
/syʁ.mɔ̃t/		 surmonte
/syʁ.mɔ̃t/		 surmontions
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tjɔ̃/		 surmontiez
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tje/		 surmontent
/syʁ.mɔ̃t/
imperfect2 surmontasse
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tas/		 surmontasses
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tas/		 surmontât
/syʁ.mɔ̃.ta/		 surmontassions
/syʁ.mɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/		 surmontassiez
/syʁ.mɔ̃.ta.sje/		 surmontassent
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — surmonte
/syʁ.mɔ̃t/		 — surmontons
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tɔ̃/		 surmontez
/syʁ.mɔ̃.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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