tournoyer

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tuʁ.nwa.je/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

tournoyer

  1. (intransitive, of smoke, leaves, snow flakes) to whirl, to swirl
  2. (intransitive, of water) to eddy, to swirl
  3. (intransitive) to whirl, to swirl, to twirl, to whirl round, to swirl round, to twirl round
  4. (intransitive, of a bird) to circle, to circle round, to wheel

faire tournoyer

  1. (transitive) to twirl, to swing (e.g. a lasso)

Conjugation

This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ before a silent ‘e’.

Conjugation of tournoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle tournoyant
/tuʁ.nwa.jɑ̃/
past participle tournoyé
/tuʁ.nwa.je/
infinitive
simple tournoyer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple tournoyant
/tuʁ.nwa.jɑ̃/
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 tournoie
/tuʁ.nwa/		 tournoies
/tuʁ.nwa/		 tournoie
/tuʁ.nwa/		 tournoyons
/tuʁ.nwa.jɔ̃/		 tournoyez
/tuʁ.nwa.je/		 tournoient
/tuʁ.nwa/
imperfect tournoyais
/tuʁ.nwa.jɛ/		 tournoyais
/tuʁ.nwa.jɛ/		 tournoyait
/tuʁ.nwa.jɛ/		 tournoyions
/tuʁ.nwaj.jɔ̃/		 tournoyiez
/tuʁ.nwaj.je/		 tournoyaient
/tuʁ.nwa.jɛ/
past historic2 tournoyai
/tuʁ.nwa.je/		 tournoyas
/tuʁ.nwa.ja/		 tournoya
/tuʁ.nwa.ja/		 tournoyâmes
/tuʁ.nwa.jam/		 tournoyâtes
/tuʁ.nwa.jat/		 tournoyèrent
/tuʁ.nwa.jɛʁ/
future tournoierai
/tuʁ.nwa.ʁe/		 tournoieras
/tuʁ.nwa.ʁa/		 tournoiera
/tuʁ.nwa.ʁa/		 tournoierons
/tuʁ.nwa.ʁɔ̃/		 tournoierez
/tuʁ.nwa.ʁe/		 tournoieront
/tuʁ.nwa.ʁɔ̃/
conditional tournoierais
/tuʁ.nwa.ʁɛ/		 tournoierais
/tuʁ.nwa.ʁɛ/		 tournoierait
/tuʁ.nwa.ʁɛ/		 tournoierions
/tuʁ.nwa.ʁjɔ̃/		 tournoieriez
/tuʁ.nwa.ʁje/		 tournoieraient
/tuʁ.nwa.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 tournoie
/tuʁ.nwa/		 tournoies
/tuʁ.nwa/		 tournoie
/tuʁ.nwa/		 tournoyions
/tuʁ.nwaj.jɔ̃/		 tournoyiez
/tuʁ.nwaj.je/		 tournoient
/tuʁ.nwa/
imperfect2 tournoyasse
/tuʁ.nwa.jas/		 tournoyasses
/tuʁ.nwa.jas/		 tournoyât
/tuʁ.nwa.ja/		 tournoyassions
/tuʁ.nwa.ja.sjɔ̃/		 tournoyassiez
/tuʁ.nwa.ja.sje/		 tournoyassent
/tuʁ.nwa.jas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tournoie
/tuʁ.nwa/		 — tournoyons
/tuʁ.nwa.jɔ̃/		 tournoyez
/tuʁ.nwa.je/		 —
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).

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

Old French tornoier.

Verb

tournoyer

  1. to participate in a tourney (medieval tournament); to tourney

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of tournoyer
simple compound
infinitive tournoyer avoir tournoyé
gerund en tournoyant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle tournoyant
past participle tournoyé
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 tournoye tournoyes tournoye tournoyons tournoyez tournoyent
imperfect tournoyois, tournoyoys tournoyois, tournoyoys tournoyoit, tournoyoyt tournoyions, tournoyyons tournoyiez, tournoyyez tournoyoient, tournoyoyent
past historic tournoya tournoyas tournoya tournoyasmes tournoyastes tournoyerent
future tournoyerai, tournoyeray tournoyeras tournoyera tournoyerons tournoyerez tournoyeront
conditional tournoyerois, tournoyeroys tournoyerois, tournoyeroys tournoyeroit, tournoyeroyt tournoyerions, tournoyeryons tournoyeriez, tournoyeryez tournoyeroient, tournoyeroyent
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 tournoye tournoyes tournoye tournoyons tournoyez tournoyent
imperfect tournoyasse tournoyasses tournoyast tournoyassions tournoyassiez tournoyassent
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 –
— tournoye — tournoyons tournoyez —

Descendants

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