atourner

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French atourner, from Old French atorner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.tuʁ.ne/

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Verb

atourner

1. (dated, transitive) to attire, to dress

   Synonyms: orner, parer

   • 1876, Charles Immermann, translated by Desfeuilles, Les paysans de Vestphalie‎^[2], page 110:

     Cependant deux filles d’honneur atournaient l’épousée dans sa chambre.

     Meanwhile two bridesmaids were dressing the bride in her bedchamber.

Conjugation

Conjugation of atourner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	atourner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	atournant /a.tuʁ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		atourné /a.tuʁ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	atourne /a.tuʁn/	atournes /a.tuʁn/	atourne /a.tuʁn/	atournons /a.tuʁ.nɔ̃/	atournez /a.tuʁ.ne/	atournent /a.tuʁn/
	imperfect	atournais /a.tuʁ.nɛ/	atournais /a.tuʁ.nɛ/	atournait /a.tuʁ.nɛ/	atournions /a.tuʁ.njɔ̃/	atourniez /a.tuʁ.nje/	atournaient /a.tuʁ.nɛ/
	past historic2	atournai /a.tuʁ.ne/	atournas /a.tuʁ.na/	atourna /a.tuʁ.na/	atournâmes /a.tuʁ.nam/	atournâtes /a.tuʁ.nat/	atournèrent /a.tuʁ.nɛʁ/
	future	atournerai /a.tuʁ.nə.ʁe/	atourneras /a.tuʁ.nə.ʁa/	atournera /a.tuʁ.nə.ʁa/	atournerons /a.tuʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/	atournerez /a.tuʁ.nə.ʁe/	atourneront /a.tuʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	atournerais /a.tuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	atournerais /a.tuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	atournerait /a.tuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	atournerions /a.tuʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	atourneriez /a.tuʁ.nə.ʁje/	atourneraient /a.tuʁ.nə.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	atourne /a.tuʁn/	atournes /a.tuʁn/	atourne /a.tuʁn/	atournions /a.tuʁ.njɔ̃/	atourniez /a.tuʁ.nje/	atournent /a.tuʁn/
	imperfect2	atournasse /a.tuʁ.nas/	atournasses /a.tuʁ.nas/	atournât /a.tuʁ.na/	atournassions /a.tuʁ.na.sjɔ̃/	atournassiez /a.tuʁ.na.sje/	atournassent /a.tuʁ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	atourne /a.tuʁn/	—	atournons /a.tuʁ.nɔ̃/	atournez /a.tuʁ.ne/	—
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

• atour

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

Old French atorner.

Verb

atourner

1. to equip; to furnish with; to provide with
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 43:

     Car il y estoit moult bel, moult fort & bien atourné de bons murs

     For it [the castle] was very beautiful, very strong and very well furnished with good walls

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of atourner

infinitive	simple	atourner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	atournant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		atourné
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	atourne	atournes	atourne	atournons	atournez	atournent
	imperfect	atournois, atournoys	atournois, atournoys	atournoit, atournoyt	atournions, atournyons	atourniez, atournyez	atournoient, atournoyent
	past historic	atourna	atournas	atourna	atournasmes	atournastes	atournerent
	future	atournerai, atourneray	atourneras	atournera	atournerons	atournerez	atourneront
	conditional	atournerois, atourneroys	atournerois, atourneroys	atourneroit, atourneroyt	atournerions, atourneryons	atourneriez, atourneryez	atourneroient, atourneroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	atourne	atournes	atourne	atournons	atournez	atournent
	imperfect	atournasse	atournasses	atournast	atournassions	atournassiez	atournassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	atourne	—	atournons	atournez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: atourner

References

• atourner on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)