tourner

French

Etymology

From Middle French tourner, from Old French torner, from Latin tornāre, present active infinitive of tornō (“turn”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tuʁ.ne/
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Verb

tourner

  1. to turn (left, right etc.)
  2. to stir (e.g. ingredients)
  3. to tour, to go on tour
  4. to film, to shoot a film
  5. (computing) to run, to execute (a program, an application etc.)
    Faire tourner un programme sur son ordinateur.
    To run a program on one's computer.
  6. to lathe

Conjugation
Conjugation of tourner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle tournant
/tuʁ.nɑ̃/
past participle tourné
/tuʁ.ne/
infinitive
simple tourner
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple tournant
/tuʁ.nɑ̃/
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 tourne
/tuʁn/		 tournes
/tuʁn/		 tourne
/tuʁn/		 tournons
/tuʁ.nɔ̃/		 tournez
/tuʁ.ne/		 tournent
/tuʁn/
imperfect tournais
/tuʁ.nɛ/		 tournais
/tuʁ.nɛ/		 tournait
/tuʁ.nɛ/		 tournions
/tuʁ.njɔ̃/		 tourniez
/tuʁ.nje/		 tournaient
/tuʁ.nɛ/
past historic2 tournai
/tuʁ.ne/		 tournas
/tuʁ.na/		 tourna
/tuʁ.na/		 tournâmes
/tuʁ.nam/		 tournâtes
/tuʁ.nat/		 tournèrent
/tuʁ.nɛʁ/
future tournerai
/tuʁ.nə.ʁe/		 tourneras
/tuʁ.nə.ʁa/		 tournera
/tuʁ.nə.ʁa/		 tournerons
/tuʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/		 tournerez
/tuʁ.nə.ʁe/		 tourneront
/tuʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional tournerais
/tuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 tournerais
/tuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 tournerait
/tuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 tournerions
/tuʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 tourneriez
/tuʁ.nə.ʁje/		 tourneraient
/tuʁ.nə.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 tourne
/tuʁn/		 tournes
/tuʁn/		 tourne
/tuʁn/		 tournions
/tuʁ.njɔ̃/		 tourniez
/tuʁ.nje/		 tournent
/tuʁn/
imperfect2 tournasse
/tuʁ.nas/		 tournasses
/tuʁ.nas/		 tournât
/tuʁ.na/		 tournassions
/tuʁ.na.sjɔ̃/		 tournassiez
/tuʁ.na.sje/		 tournassent
/tuʁ.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tourne
/tuʁn/		 — tournons
/tuʁ.nɔ̃/		 tournez
/tuʁ.ne/		 —
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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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French torner.

Verb

tourner

  1. (intransitive) to turn (to rotate)
  2. (intransitive) to return (to go back)
  3. (tourner a) to turn into; to change into

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of tourner
simple compound
infinitive tourner avoir tourné
gerund en tournant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle tournant
past participle tourné
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present tourne tournes tourne tournons tournez tournent
imperfect tournois, tournoys tournois, tournoys tournoit, tournoyt tournions, tournyons tourniez, tournyez tournoient, tournoyent
past historic tourna tournas tourna tournasmes tournastes tournerent
future tournerai, tourneray tourneras tournera tournerons tournerez tourneront
conditional tournerois, tourneroys tournerois, tourneroys tourneroit, tourneroyt tournerions, tourneryons tourneriez, tourneryez tourneroient, tourneroyent
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present tourne tournes tourne tournons tournez tournent
imperfect tournasse tournasses tournast tournassions tournassiez tournassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— tourne — tournons tournez —

Descendants

References
  • tourner on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French torner, from Latin tornō, tornāre, from tornus (“lathe”), from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos, “carpenter's tool for drawing a circle; turning lathe”).

Verb

tourner

  1. (intransitive) to turn
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