survoler

French

Etymology

sur (“over”) + voler (“to fly”)

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)

		simple			compound
infinitive		survoler			avoir survolé
gerund		en survolant			en ayant survolé
present participle		survolant
past participle		survolé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	survole	survoles	survole	survolons	survolez	survolent
	imperfect	survolais	survolais	survolait	survolions	survoliez	survolaient
	past historic1	survolai	survolas	survola	survolâmes	survolâtes	survolèrent
	future	survolerai	survoleras	survolera	survolerons	survolerez	survoleront
	conditional	survolerais	survolerais	survolerait	survolerions	survoleriez	survoleraient
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	survole	survoles	survole	survolions	survoliez	survolent
	imperfect1	survolasse	survolasses	survolât	survolassions	survolassiez	survolassent
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	–
		—	survole	—	survolons	survolez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• survol