voltiger

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian volteggiare.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /vɔl.ti.ʒe/
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Verb[edit]

voltiger

  1. (intransitive) to flit, flutter
  2. (figurative) to flit about (a place) (en), flutter about (a place)
  3. (figurative) to get kicked out, chucked out
  4. (Louisiana) to fly, to take a plane

Conjugation[edit]

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written voltige- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of voltiger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple voltiger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple voltigeant
/vɔl.ti.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle voltigé
/vɔl.ti.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present voltige
/vɔl.tiʒ/ 		voltiges
/vɔl.tiʒ/ 		voltige
/vɔl.tiʒ/ 		voltigeons
/vɔl.ti.ʒɔ̃/ 		voltigez
/vɔl.ti.ʒe/ 		voltigent
/vɔl.tiʒ/
imperfect voltigeais
/vɔl.ti.ʒɛ/ 		voltigeais
/vɔl.ti.ʒɛ/ 		voltigeait
/vɔl.ti.ʒɛ/ 		voltigions
/vɔl.ti.ʒjɔ̃/ 		voltigiez
/vɔl.ti.ʒje/ 		voltigeaient
/vɔl.ti.ʒɛ/
past historic2 voltigeai
/vɔl.ti.ʒe/ 		voltigeas
/vɔl.ti.ʒa/ 		voltigea
/vɔl.ti.ʒa/ 		voltigeâmes
/vɔl.ti.ʒam/ 		voltigeâtes
/vɔl.ti.ʒat/ 		voltigèrent
/vɔl.ti.ʒɛʁ/
future voltigerai
/vɔl.tiʒ.ʁe/ 		voltigeras
/vɔl.tiʒ.ʁa/ 		voltigera
/vɔl.tiʒ.ʁa/ 		voltigerons
/vɔl.tiʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		voltigerez
/vɔl.tiʒ.ʁe/ 		voltigeront
/vɔl.tiʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional voltigerais
/vɔl.tiʒ.ʁɛ/ 		voltigerais
/vɔl.tiʒ.ʁɛ/ 		voltigerait
/vɔl.tiʒ.ʁɛ/ 		voltigerions
/vɔl.ti.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		voltigeriez
/vɔl.ti.ʒə.ʁje/ 		voltigeraient
/vɔl.tiʒ.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 voltige
/vɔl.tiʒ/ 		voltiges
/vɔl.tiʒ/ 		voltige
/vɔl.tiʒ/ 		voltigions
/vɔl.ti.ʒjɔ̃/ 		voltigiez
/vɔl.ti.ʒje/ 		voltigent
/vɔl.tiʒ/
imperfect2 voltigeasse
/vɔl.ti.ʒas/ 		voltigeasses
/vɔl.ti.ʒas/ 		voltigeât
/vɔl.ti.ʒa/ 		voltigeassions
/vɔl.ti.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		voltigeassiez
/vɔl.ti.ʒa.sje/ 		voltigeassent
/vɔl.ti.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — voltige
/vɔl.tiʒ/ 		— voltigeons
/vɔl.ti.ʒɔ̃/ 		voltigez
/vɔl.ti.ʒe/ 		—
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[edit]

  • voltiger

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