survoler

French

Etymology

From Middle French survoler. First attested in c. 1470. By surface analysis, sur- (“over”) +‎ voler (“fly”). Compare Italian sorvolare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syʁ.vɔ.le/

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Verb

survoler

1. (transitive) to fly over
2. to skip through, to browse quickly
3. to fly high

Conjugation

Conjugation of survoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	survoler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	survolant /syʁ.vɔ.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		survolé /syʁ.vɔ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	survole /syʁ.vɔl/	survoles /syʁ.vɔl/	survole /syʁ.vɔl/	survolons /syʁ.vɔ.lɔ̃/	survolez /syʁ.vɔ.le/	survolent /syʁ.vɔl/
	imperfect	survolais /syʁ.vɔ.lɛ/	survolais /syʁ.vɔ.lɛ/	survolait /syʁ.vɔ.lɛ/	survolions /syʁ.vɔ.ljɔ̃/	survoliez /syʁ.vɔ.lje/	survolaient /syʁ.vɔ.lɛ/
	past historic2	survolai /syʁ.vɔ.le/	survolas /syʁ.vɔ.la/	survola /syʁ.vɔ.la/	survolâmes /syʁ.vɔ.lam/	survolâtes /syʁ.vɔ.lat/	survolèrent /syʁ.vɔ.lɛʁ/
	future	survolerai /syʁ.vɔl.ʁe/	survoleras /syʁ.vɔl.ʁa/	survolera /syʁ.vɔl.ʁa/	survolerons /syʁ.vɔl.ʁɔ̃/	survolerez /syʁ.vɔl.ʁe/	survoleront /syʁ.vɔl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	survolerais /syʁ.vɔl.ʁɛ/	survolerais /syʁ.vɔl.ʁɛ/	survolerait /syʁ.vɔl.ʁɛ/	survolerions /syʁ.vɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	survoleriez /syʁ.vɔ.lə.ʁje/	survoleraient /syʁ.vɔl.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	survole /syʁ.vɔl/	survoles /syʁ.vɔl/	survole /syʁ.vɔl/	survolions /syʁ.vɔ.ljɔ̃/	survoliez /syʁ.vɔ.lje/	survolent /syʁ.vɔl/
	imperfect2	survolasse /syʁ.vɔ.las/	survolasses /syʁ.vɔ.las/	survolât /syʁ.vɔ.la/	survolassions /syʁ.vɔ.la.sjɔ̃/	survolassiez /syʁ.vɔ.la.sje/	survolassent /syʁ.vɔ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	survole /syʁ.vɔl/	—	survolons /syʁ.vɔ.lɔ̃/	survolez /syʁ.vɔ.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).

Related terms

• survol

References

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