voltiger

French

Etymology

    Borrowed from Italian volteggiare.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /vɔl.ti.ʒe/
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    Verb

    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

    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

    • voltiger

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