méandrer

See also: meandrer

French

Etymology

From méandre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /me.ɑ̃.dʁe/
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Verb

méandrer

  1. to meander (wind, turn or twist)

Conjugation
Conjugation of méandrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple méandrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple méandrant
/me.ɑ̃.dʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle méandré
/me.ɑ̃.dʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present méandre
/me.ɑ̃dʁ/		 méandres
/me.ɑ̃dʁ/		 méandre
/me.ɑ̃dʁ/		 méandrons
/me.ɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/		 méandrez
/me.ɑ̃.dʁe/		 méandrent
/me.ɑ̃dʁ/
imperfect méandrais
/me.ɑ̃.dʁɛ/		 méandrais
/me.ɑ̃.dʁɛ/		 méandrait
/me.ɑ̃.dʁɛ/		 méandrions
/me.ɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/		 méandriez
/me.ɑ̃.dʁi.je/		 méandraient
/me.ɑ̃.dʁɛ/
past historic2 méandrai
/me.ɑ̃.dʁe/		 méandras
/me.ɑ̃.dʁa/		 méandra
/me.ɑ̃.dʁa/		 méandrâmes
/me.ɑ̃.dʁam/		 méandrâtes
/me.ɑ̃.dʁat/		 méandrèrent
/me.ɑ̃.dʁɛʁ/
future méandrerai
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁe/		 méandreras
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁa/		 méandrera
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁa/		 méandrerons
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 méandrerez
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁe/		 méandreront
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional méandrerais
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁɛ/		 méandrerais
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁɛ/		 méandrerait
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁɛ/		 méandrerions
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 méandreriez
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.ʁje/		 méandreraient
/me.ɑ̃.dʁə.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 méandre
/me.ɑ̃dʁ/		 méandres
/me.ɑ̃dʁ/		 méandre
/me.ɑ̃dʁ/		 méandrions
/me.ɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/		 méandriez
/me.ɑ̃.dʁi.je/		 méandrent
/me.ɑ̃dʁ/
imperfect2 méandrasse
/me.ɑ̃.dʁas/		 méandrasses
/me.ɑ̃.dʁas/		 méandrât
/me.ɑ̃.dʁa/		 méandrassions
/me.ɑ̃.dʁa.sjɔ̃/		 méandrassiez
/me.ɑ̃.dʁa.sje/		 méandrassent
/me.ɑ̃.dʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — méandre
/me.ɑ̃dʁ/		 — méandrons
/me.ɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/		 méandrez
/me.ɑ̃.dʁe/		 —
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).

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