naviguer

French

Alternative forms

• naviger (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French navig(u)er (14th c.), a borrowing from Latin navigāre. Doublet of nager (“to swim”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.vi.ɡe/

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Verb

naviguer

1. (intransitive) to navigate
2. (intransitive) to sail
3. (Internet) to browse
4. (Louisiana, Cajun) to steer an automobile

Conjugation

Conjugation of naviguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	naviguer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	naviguant /na.vi.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		navigué /na.vi.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	navigue /na.viɡ/	navigues /na.viɡ/	navigue /na.viɡ/	naviguons /na.vi.ɡɔ̃/	naviguez /na.vi.ɡe/	naviguent /na.viɡ/
	imperfect	naviguais /na.vi.ɡɛ/	naviguais /na.vi.ɡɛ/	naviguait /na.vi.ɡɛ/	naviguions /na.vi.ɡjɔ̃/	naviguiez /na.vi.ɡje/	naviguaient /na.vi.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	naviguai /na.vi.ɡe/	naviguas /na.vi.ɡa/	navigua /na.vi.ɡa/	naviguâmes /na.vi.ɡam/	naviguâtes /na.vi.ɡat/	naviguèrent /na.vi.ɡɛʁ/
	future	naviguerai /na.vi.ɡʁe/	navigueras /na.vi.ɡʁa/	naviguera /na.vi.ɡʁa/	naviguerons /na.vi.ɡʁɔ̃/	naviguerez /na.vi.ɡʁe/	navigueront /na.vi.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	naviguerais /na.vi.ɡʁɛ/	naviguerais /na.vi.ɡʁɛ/	naviguerait /na.vi.ɡʁɛ/	naviguerions /na.vi.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	navigueriez /na.vi.ɡə.ʁje/	navigueraient /na.vi.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	navigue /na.viɡ/	navigues /na.viɡ/	navigue /na.viɡ/	naviguions /na.vi.ɡjɔ̃/	naviguiez /na.vi.ɡje/	naviguent /na.viɡ/
	imperfect2	naviguasse /na.vi.ɡas/	naviguasses /na.vi.ɡas/	naviguât /na.vi.ɡa/	naviguassions /na.vi.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	naviguassiez /na.vi.ɡa.sje/	naviguassent /na.vi.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	navigue /na.viɡ/	—	naviguons /na.vi.ɡɔ̃/	naviguez /na.vi.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).

Related terms

• navigateur
• navigation
• navire

Further reading

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