méandrer

See also: meandrer

French

Etymology

From méandre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /me.ɑ̃.dʁe/
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Verb

méandrer

  1. to meander (wind, turn or twist)

Conjugation

Conjugation of méandrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple méandrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple méandrant
/me.ɑ̃.dʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle méandré
/me.ɑ̃.dʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present méandre
/me.ɑ̃dʁ/ 		méandres
/me.ɑ̃dʁ/ 		méandre
/me.ɑ̃dʁ/ 		méandrons
/me.ɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		méandrez
/me.ɑ̃.dʁe/ 		méandrent
/me.ɑ̃dʁ/
imperfect méandrais
/me.ɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		méandrais
/me.ɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		méandrait
/me.ɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		méandrions
/me.ɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		méandriez
/me.ɑ̃.dʁi.je/ 		méandraient
/me.ɑ̃.dʁɛ/
past historic2 méandrai
/me.ɑ̃.dʁe/ 		méandras
/me.ɑ̃.dʁa/ 		méandra
/me.ɑ̃.dʁa/ 		méandrâmes
/me.ɑ̃.dʁam/ 		méandrâtes
/me.ɑ̃.dʁat/ 		méandrèrent
/me.ɑ̃.dʁɛʁ/
future méandrerai
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁe/ 		méandreras
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁa/ 		méandrera
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁa/ 		méandrerons
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		méandrerez
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁe/ 		méandreront
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional méandrerais
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁɛ/ 		méandrerais
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁɛ/ 		méandrerait
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁɛ/ 		méandrerions
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		méandreriez
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁje/ 		méandreraient
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.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 méandre
/me.ɑ̃dʁ/ 		méandres
/me.ɑ̃dʁ/ 		méandre
/me.ɑ̃dʁ/ 		méandrions
/me.ɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		méandriez
/me.ɑ̃.dʁi.je/ 		méandrent
/me.ɑ̃dʁ/
imperfect2 méandrasse
/me.ɑ̃.dʁas/ 		méandrasses
/me.ɑ̃.dʁas/ 		méandrât
/me.ɑ̃.dʁa/ 		méandrassions
/me.ɑ̃.dʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		méandrassiez
/me.ɑ̃.dʁa.sje/ 		méandrassent
/me.ɑ̃.dʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — méandre
/me.ɑ̃dʁ/ 		— méandrons
/me.ɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		méandrez
/me.ɑ̃.dʁe/ 		—
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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