circonscrire

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circumscrībō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁiʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

circonscrire

  1. to circumscribe

Conjugation
Conjugation of circonscrire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple circonscrire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple circonscrivant
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle circonscrit
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present circonscris
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi/		 circonscris
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi/		 circonscrit
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi/		 circonscrivons
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vɔ̃/		 circonscrivez
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ve/		 circonscrivent
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁiv/
imperfect circonscrivais
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vɛ/		 circonscrivais
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vɛ/		 circonscrivait
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vɛ/		 circonscrivions
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vjɔ̃/		 circonscriviez
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vje/		 circonscrivaient
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vɛ/
past historic2 circonscrivis
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vi/		 circonscrivis
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vi/		 circonscrivit
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vi/		 circonscrivîmes
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vim/		 circonscrivîtes
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vit/		 circonscrivirent
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.viʁ/
future circonscrirai
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ʁe/		 circonscriras
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ʁa/		 circonscrira
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ʁa/		 circonscrirons
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ʁɔ̃/		 circonscrirez
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ʁe/		 circonscriront
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional circonscrirais
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ʁɛ/		 circonscrirais
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ʁɛ/		 circonscrirait
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ʁɛ/		 circonscririons
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ʁjɔ̃/		 circonscririez
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ʁje/		 circonscriraient
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.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 circonscrive
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁiv/		 circonscrives
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁiv/		 circonscrive
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁiv/		 circonscrivions
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vjɔ̃/		 circonscriviez
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vje/		 circonscrivent
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁiv/
imperfect2 circonscrivisse
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vis/		 circonscrivisses
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vis/		 circonscrivît
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vi/		 circonscrivissions
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vi.sjɔ̃/		 circonscrivissiez
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vi.sje/		 circonscrivissent
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — circonscris
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi/		 — circonscrivons
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.vɔ̃/		 circonscrivez
/siʁ.kɔ̃s.kʁi.ve/		 —
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).

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