funambuler

French

Etymology

From funambule +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

funambuler

1. to walk the tightrope; to funambulate.

Conjugation

Conjugation of funambuler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	funambuler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	funambulant /fy.nɑ̃.by.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		funambulé /fy.nɑ̃.by.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	funambule /fy.nɑ̃.byl/	funambules /fy.nɑ̃.byl/	funambule /fy.nɑ̃.byl/	funambulons /fy.nɑ̃.by.lɔ̃/	funambulez /fy.nɑ̃.by.le/	funambulent /fy.nɑ̃.byl/
	imperfect	funambulais /fy.nɑ̃.by.lɛ/	funambulais /fy.nɑ̃.by.lɛ/	funambulait /fy.nɑ̃.by.lɛ/	funambulions /fy.nɑ̃.by.ljɔ̃/	funambuliez /fy.nɑ̃.by.lje/	funambulaient /fy.nɑ̃.by.lɛ/
	past historic2	funambulai /fy.nɑ̃.by.le/	funambulas /fy.nɑ̃.by.la/	funambula /fy.nɑ̃.by.la/	funambulâmes /fy.nɑ̃.by.lam/	funambulâtes /fy.nɑ̃.by.lat/	funambulèrent /fy.nɑ̃.by.lɛʁ/
	future	funambulerai /fy.nɑ̃.byl.ʁe/	funambuleras /fy.nɑ̃.byl.ʁa/	funambulera /fy.nɑ̃.byl.ʁa/	funambulerons /fy.nɑ̃.byl.ʁɔ̃/	funambulerez /fy.nɑ̃.byl.ʁe/	funambuleront /fy.nɑ̃.byl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	funambulerais /fy.nɑ̃.byl.ʁɛ/	funambulerais /fy.nɑ̃.byl.ʁɛ/	funambulerait /fy.nɑ̃.byl.ʁɛ/	funambulerions /fy.nɑ̃.by.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	funambuleriez /fy.nɑ̃.by.lə.ʁje/	funambuleraient /fy.nɑ̃.byl.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	funambule /fy.nɑ̃.byl/	funambules /fy.nɑ̃.byl/	funambule /fy.nɑ̃.byl/	funambulions /fy.nɑ̃.by.ljɔ̃/	funambuliez /fy.nɑ̃.by.lje/	funambulent /fy.nɑ̃.byl/
	imperfect2	funambulasse /fy.nɑ̃.by.las/	funambulasses /fy.nɑ̃.by.las/	funambulât /fy.nɑ̃.by.la/	funambulassions /fy.nɑ̃.by.la.sjɔ̃/	funambulassiez /fy.nɑ̃.by.la.sje/	funambulassent /fy.nɑ̃.by.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	funambule /fy.nɑ̃.byl/	—	funambulons /fy.nɑ̃.by.lɔ̃/	funambulez /fy.nɑ̃.by.le/	—
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).