atourner

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French atourner, from Old French atorner.

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

atourner

  1. (dated, transitive)[1] to attire, to dress[2]
    Synonyms: orner[2], parer[2]
    • 1876, Charles Immermann, translated by Desfeuilles, Les paysans de Vestphalie‎, page 110:
      Cependant deux filles d’honneur atournaient l’épousée dans sa chambre.
      Meanwhile two bridesmaids were dressing the bride in her bedchamber.

Conjugation
Conjugation of atourner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple atourner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple atournant
/a.tuʁ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle atourné
/a.tuʁ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present atourne
/a.tuʁn/		 atournes
/a.tuʁn/		 atourne
/a.tuʁn/		 atournons
/a.tuʁ.nɔ̃/		 atournez
/a.tuʁ.ne/		 atournent
/a.tuʁn/
imperfect atournais
/a.tuʁ.nɛ/		 atournais
/a.tuʁ.nɛ/		 atournait
/a.tuʁ.nɛ/		 atournions
/a.tuʁ.njɔ̃/		 atourniez
/a.tuʁ.nje/		 atournaient
/a.tuʁ.nɛ/
past historic2 atournai
/a.tuʁ.ne/		 atournas
/a.tuʁ.na/		 atourna
/a.tuʁ.na/		 atournâmes
/a.tuʁ.nam/		 atournâtes
/a.tuʁ.nat/		 atournèrent
/a.tuʁ.nɛʁ/
future atournerai
/a.tuʁ.nə.ʁe/		 atourneras
/a.tuʁ.nə.ʁa/		 atournera
/a.tuʁ.nə.ʁa/		 atournerons
/a.tuʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/		 atournerez
/a.tuʁ.nə.ʁe/		 atourneront
/a.tuʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional atournerais
/a.tuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 atournerais
/a.tuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 atournerait
/a.tuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 atournerions
/a.tuʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 atourneriez
/a.tuʁ.nə.ʁje/		 atourneraient
/a.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 atourne
/a.tuʁn/		 atournes
/a.tuʁn/		 atourne
/a.tuʁn/		 atournions
/a.tuʁ.njɔ̃/		 atourniez
/a.tuʁ.nje/		 atournent
/a.tuʁn/
imperfect2 atournasse
/a.tuʁ.nas/		 atournasses
/a.tuʁ.nas/		 atournât
/a.tuʁ.na/		 atournassions
/a.tuʁ.na.sjɔ̃/		 atournassiez
/a.tuʁ.na.sje/		 atournassent
/a.tuʁ.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — atourne
/a.tuʁn/		 — atournons
/a.tuʁ.nɔ̃/		 atournez
/a.tuʁ.ne/		 —
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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

References
  1. “atourner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

Old French atorner.

Verb

atourner

  1. to equip; to furnish with; to provide with
    • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 43:
      Car il y estoit moult bel, moult fort & bien atourné de bons murs
      For it [the castle] was very beautiful, very strong and very well furnished with good walls

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of atourner
infinitive simple atourner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple atournant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle atourné
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present atourne atournes atourne atournons atournez atournent
imperfect atournois, atournoys atournois, atournoys atournoit, atournoyt atournions, atournyons atourniez, atournyez atournoient, atournoyent
past historic atourna atournas atourna atournasmes atournastes atournerent
future atournerai, atourneray atourneras atournera atournerons atournerez atourneront
conditional atournerois, atourneroys atournerois, atourneroys atourneroit, atourneroyt atournerions, atourneryons atourneriez, atourneryez atourneroient, atourneroyent
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present atourne atournes atourne atournons atournez atournent
imperfect atournasse atournasses atournast atournassions atournassiez atournassent
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — atourne — atournons atournez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants
  • French: atourner

References
  • atourner on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
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