déambuler

See also: deambuler

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin deambulāre. Compare Italian deambulare, Spanish deambular.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /de.ɑ̃.by.le/
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Verb

déambuler

  1. to stroll, to walk around, to amble

Conjugation
Conjugation of déambuler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple déambuler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple déambulant
/de.ɑ̃.by.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle déambulé
/de.ɑ̃.by.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present déambule
/de.ɑ̃.byl/		 déambules
/de.ɑ̃.byl/		 déambule
/de.ɑ̃.byl/		 déambulons
/de.ɑ̃.by.lɔ̃/		 déambulez
/de.ɑ̃.by.le/		 déambulent
/de.ɑ̃.byl/
imperfect déambulais
/de.ɑ̃.by.lɛ/		 déambulais
/de.ɑ̃.by.lɛ/		 déambulait
/de.ɑ̃.by.lɛ/		 déambulions
/de.ɑ̃.by.ljɔ̃/		 déambuliez
/de.ɑ̃.by.lje/		 déambulaient
/de.ɑ̃.by.lɛ/
past historic2 déambulai
/de.ɑ̃.by.le/		 déambulas
/de.ɑ̃.by.la/		 déambula
/de.ɑ̃.by.la/		 déambulâmes
/de.ɑ̃.by.lam/		 déambulâtes
/de.ɑ̃.by.lat/		 déambulèrent
/de.ɑ̃.by.lɛʁ/
future déambulerai
/de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁe/		 déambuleras
/de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁa/		 déambulera
/de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁa/		 déambulerons
/de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁɔ̃/		 déambulerez
/de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁe/		 déambuleront
/de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional déambulerais
/de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁɛ/		 déambulerais
/de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁɛ/		 déambulerait
/de.ɑ̃.byl.ʁɛ/		 déambulerions
/de.ɑ̃.by.lə.ʁjɔ̃/		 déambuleriez
/de.ɑ̃.by.lə.ʁje/		 déambuleraient
/de.ɑ̃.byl.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 déambule
/de.ɑ̃.byl/		 déambules
/de.ɑ̃.byl/		 déambule
/de.ɑ̃.byl/		 déambulions
/de.ɑ̃.by.ljɔ̃/		 déambuliez
/de.ɑ̃.by.lje/		 déambulent
/de.ɑ̃.byl/
imperfect2 déambulasse
/de.ɑ̃.by.las/		 déambulasses
/de.ɑ̃.by.las/		 déambulât
/de.ɑ̃.by.la/		 déambulassions
/de.ɑ̃.by.la.sjɔ̃/		 déambulassiez
/de.ɑ̃.by.la.sje/		 déambulassent
/de.ɑ̃.by.las/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — déambule
/de.ɑ̃.byl/		 — déambulons
/de.ɑ̃.by.lɔ̃/		 déambulez
/de.ɑ̃.by.le/		 —
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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