surmonter

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

surmonter

1. (transitive) to overcome, to surmount, to get over
2. (transitive) to top, to crown (a building, etc.)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of surmonter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		surmonter			avoir surmonté
gerund		en surmontant			en ayant surmonté
present participle		surmontant
past participle		surmonté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	surmonte	surmontes	surmonte	surmontons	surmontez	surmontent
	imperfect	surmontais	surmontais	surmontait	surmontions	surmontiez	surmontaient
	past historic1	surmontai	surmontas	surmonta	surmontâmes	surmontâtes	surmontèrent
	future	surmonterai	surmonteras	surmontera	surmonterons	surmonterez	surmonteront
	conditional	surmonterais	surmonterais	surmonterait	surmonterions	surmonteriez	surmonteraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	surmonte	surmontes	surmonte	surmontions	surmontiez	surmontent
	imperfect1	surmontasse	surmontasses	surmontât	surmontassions	surmontassiez	surmontassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	surmonte	—	surmontons	surmontez	—
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Synonyms

• vaincre
• couvrir