tournoyer

French

Etymology

From tourner +‎ -oyer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tuʁ.nwa.je/
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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
    faire tournoyer ― to swirl, swing (e.g. a lasso)
  4. (intransitive, of a bird) to circle, to circle round, to wheel

Conjugation

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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
infinitive simple tournoyer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple tournoyant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle tournoyé
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle 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 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 tournoye tournoyes tournoye tournoyons tournoyez tournoyent
imperfect tournoyasse tournoyasses tournoyast tournoyassions tournoyassiez tournoyassent
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tournoye — tournoyons tournoyez —
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
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References
  • tournoyer on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
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