surmonter

French

Etymology

From Old French, corresponding to sur- +‎ monter.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /syʁ.mɔ̃.te/
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Verb

surmonter

  1. (transitive) to overcome, to surmount, to get over
  2. (transitive) to top, to crown (a building, etc.)

Conjugation
Conjugation of surmonter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple surmonter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple surmontant
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle surmonté
/syʁ.mɔ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present surmonte
/syʁ.mɔ̃t/		 surmontes
/syʁ.mɔ̃t/		 surmonte
/syʁ.mɔ̃t/		 surmontons
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tɔ̃/		 surmontez
/syʁ.mɔ̃.te/		 surmontent
/syʁ.mɔ̃t/
imperfect surmontais
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tɛ/		 surmontais
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tɛ/		 surmontait
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tɛ/		 surmontions
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tjɔ̃/		 surmontiez
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tje/		 surmontaient
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 surmontai
/syʁ.mɔ̃.te/		 surmontas
/syʁ.mɔ̃.ta/		 surmonta
/syʁ.mɔ̃.ta/		 surmontâmes
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tam/		 surmontâtes
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tat/		 surmontèrent
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tɛʁ/
future surmonterai
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁe/		 surmonteras
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁa/		 surmontera
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁa/		 surmonterons
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/		 surmonterez
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁe/		 surmonteront
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional surmonterais
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/		 surmonterais
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/		 surmonterait
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/		 surmonterions
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 surmonteriez
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tə.ʁje/		 surmonteraient
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/
(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 surmonte
/syʁ.mɔ̃t/		 surmontes
/syʁ.mɔ̃t/		 surmonte
/syʁ.mɔ̃t/		 surmontions
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tjɔ̃/		 surmontiez
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tje/		 surmontent
/syʁ.mɔ̃t/
imperfect2 surmontasse
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tas/		 surmontasses
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tas/		 surmontât
/syʁ.mɔ̃.ta/		 surmontassions
/syʁ.mɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/		 surmontassiez
/syʁ.mɔ̃.ta.sje/		 surmontassent
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — surmonte
/syʁ.mɔ̃t/		 — surmontons
/syʁ.mɔ̃.tɔ̃/		 surmontez
/syʁ.mɔ̃.te/		 —
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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