bourlinguer

French

Etymology

From boulingue +‎ -er or related to bouléguer (“to move”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡe/

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Verb

bourlinguer

1. (intransitive, nautical) to tack against the wind
2. (intransitive) to roam, get about

Conjugation

Conjugation of bourlinguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bourlinguer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bourlinguant /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bourlingué /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bourlingue /buʁ.lɛ̃ɡ/	bourlingues /buʁ.lɛ̃ɡ/	bourlingue /buʁ.lɛ̃ɡ/	bourlinguons /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡɔ̃/	bourlinguez /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡe/	bourlinguent /buʁ.lɛ̃ɡ/
	imperfect	bourlinguais /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡɛ/	bourlinguais /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡɛ/	bourlinguait /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡɛ/	bourlinguions /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡjɔ̃/	bourlinguiez /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡje/	bourlinguaient /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	bourlinguai /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡe/	bourlinguas /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡa/	bourlingua /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡa/	bourlinguâmes /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡam/	bourlinguâtes /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡat/	bourlinguèrent /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡɛʁ/
	future	bourlinguerai /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡʁe/	bourlingueras /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡʁa/	bourlinguera /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡʁa/	bourlinguerons /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/	bourlinguerez /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡʁe/	bourlingueront /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bourlinguerais /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/	bourlinguerais /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/	bourlinguerait /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/	bourlinguerions /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	bourlingueriez /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡə.ʁje/	bourlingueraient /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡʁɛ/
(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	bourlingue /buʁ.lɛ̃ɡ/	bourlingues /buʁ.lɛ̃ɡ/	bourlingue /buʁ.lɛ̃ɡ/	bourlinguions /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡjɔ̃/	bourlinguiez /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡje/	bourlinguent /buʁ.lɛ̃ɡ/
	imperfect2	bourlinguasse /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡas/	bourlinguasses /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡas/	bourlinguât /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡa/	bourlinguassions /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	bourlinguassiez /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡa.sje/	bourlinguassent /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bourlingue /buʁ.lɛ̃ɡ/	—	bourlinguons /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡɔ̃/	bourlinguez /buʁ.lɛ̃.ɡe/	—
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).

Derived terms

• bourlingueur

Further reading

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