envoler

French

Etymology

From en (“from”) + voler. Unrelated to Latin involāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

envoler

  1. (reflexive) to take off, to take flight
  2. (reflexive) to blow away
  3. (reflexive) to fly (of time)
  4. (reflexive, colloquial) to vanish, disappear, walk (to be stolen)

Conjugation
Conjugation of s'envoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple s'envoler
compound s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple s’envolant
/sɑ̃.vɔ.lɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle envolé
/ɑ̃.vɔ.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present m’envole
/mɑ̃.vɔl/		 t’envoles
/tɑ̃.vɔl/		 s’envole
/sɑ̃.vɔl/		 nous envolons
/nu.z‿ɑ̃.vɔ.lɔ̃/		 vous envolez
/vu.z‿ɑ̃.vɔ.le/		 s’envolent
/sɑ̃.vɔl/
imperfect m’envolais
/mɑ̃.vɔ.lɛ/		 t’envolais
/tɑ̃.vɔ.lɛ/		 s’envolait
/sɑ̃.vɔ.lɛ/		 nous envolions
/nu.z‿ɑ̃.vɔ.ljɔ̃/		 vous envoliez
/vu.z‿ɑ̃.vɔ.lje/		 s’envolaient
/sɑ̃.vɔ.lɛ/
past historic2 m’envolai
/mɑ̃.vɔ.le/		 t’envolas
/tɑ̃.vɔ.la/		 s’envola
/sɑ̃.vɔ.la/		 nous envolâmes
/nu.z‿ɑ̃.vɔ.lam/		 vous envolâtes
/vu.z‿ɑ̃.vɔ.lat/		 s’envolèrent
/sɑ̃.vɔ.lɛʁ/
future m’envolerai
/mɑ̃.vɔl.ʁe/		 t’envoleras
/tɑ̃.vɔl.ʁa/		 s’envolera
/sɑ̃.vɔl.ʁa/		 nous envolerons
/nu.z‿ɑ̃.vɔl.ʁɔ̃/		 vous envolerez
/vu.z‿ɑ̃.vɔl.ʁe/		 s’envoleront
/sɑ̃.vɔl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional m’envolerais
/mɑ̃.vɔl.ʁɛ/		 t’envolerais
/tɑ̃.vɔl.ʁɛ/		 s’envolerait
/sɑ̃.vɔl.ʁɛ/		 nous envolerions
/nu.z‿ɑ̃.vɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/		 vous envoleriez
/vu.z‿ɑ̃.vɔ.lə.ʁje/		 s’envoleraient
/sɑ̃.vɔl.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of s'être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'être + past participle
future perfect future of s'être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present m’envole
/mɑ̃.vɔl/		 t’envoles
/tɑ̃.vɔl/		 s’envole
/sɑ̃.vɔl/		 nous envolions
/nu.z‿ɑ̃.vɔ.ljɔ̃/		 vous envoliez
/vu.z‿ɑ̃.vɔ.lje/		 s’envolent
/sɑ̃.vɔl/
imperfect2 m’envolasse
/mɑ̃.vɔ.las/		 t’envolasses
/tɑ̃.vɔ.las/		 s’envolât
/sɑ̃.vɔ.la/		 nous envolassions
/nu.z‿ɑ̃.vɔ.la.sjɔ̃/		 vous envolassiez
/vu.z‿ɑ̃.vɔ.la.sje/		 s’envolassent
/sɑ̃.vɔ.las/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — envole-toi
/ɑ̃.vɔl.twa/		 — envolons-nous
/ɑ̃.vɔ.lɔ̃.nu/		 envolez-vous
/ɑ̃.vɔ.le.vu/		 —
compound — simple imperative of s'être + past participle — simple imperative of s'être + past participle simple imperative of s'être + 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).

Quotations
  • 1820, Alphonse de Lamartine, “Le Lac”, in Premières méditations poétiques‎:
    Temps jaloux, se peut-il que ces moments d’ivresse, ¶ Où l’amour à longs flots nous verse le bonheur, ¶ S’envolent loin de nous de la même vitesse ¶ Que les jours de malheur ?
    Jealous time, could it be that these drunken moments ¶ Where love in long floods pours us enjoyment ¶ Fly off far from us at the same speed ¶ As the days of hardship?

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