naviguer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin navigāre. Doublet of nager.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.vi.ɡe/

• Audio:

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Verb

naviguer

1. (intransitive) to navigate
2. (intransitive) to sail
3. (Internet) to browse
4. (Louisiana, Cajun) to steer an automobile

Conjugation

Conjugation of naviguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	naviguer
	compound	avoir past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	naviguant /na.vi.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant past participle
past participle		navigué /na.vi.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	navigue /na.viɡ/	navigues /na.viɡ/	navigue /na.viɡ/	naviguons /na.vi.ɡɔ̃/	naviguez /na.vi.ɡe/	naviguent /na.viɡ/
	imperfect	naviguais /na.vi.ɡɛ/	naviguais /na.vi.ɡɛ/	naviguait /na.vi.ɡɛ/	naviguions /na.vi.ɡjɔ̃/	naviguiez /na.vi.ɡje/	naviguaient /na.vi.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	naviguai /na.vi.ɡe/	naviguas /na.vi.ɡa/	navigua /na.vi.ɡa/	naviguâmes /na.vi.ɡam/	naviguâtes /na.vi.ɡat/	naviguèrent /na.vi.ɡɛʁ/
	future	naviguerai /na.vi.ɡʁe/	navigueras /na.vi.ɡʁa/	naviguera /na.vi.ɡʁa/	naviguerons /na.vi.ɡʁɔ̃/	naviguerez /na.vi.ɡʁe/	navigueront /na.vi.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	naviguerais /na.vi.ɡʁɛ/	naviguerais /na.vi.ɡʁɛ/	naviguerait /na.vi.ɡʁɛ/	naviguerions /na.vi.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	navigueriez /na.vi.ɡə.ʁje/	navigueraient /na.vi.ɡʁɛ/
(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	navigue /na.viɡ/	navigues /na.viɡ/	navigue /na.viɡ/	naviguions /na.vi.ɡjɔ̃/	naviguiez /na.vi.ɡje/	naviguent /na.viɡ/
	imperfect2	naviguasse /na.vi.ɡas/	naviguasses /na.vi.ɡas/	naviguât /na.vi.ɡa/	naviguassions /na.vi.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	naviguassiez /na.vi.ɡa.sje/	naviguassent /na.vi.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	navigue /na.viɡ/	—	naviguons /na.vi.ɡɔ̃/	naviguez /na.vi.ɡe/	—
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).

Related terms

• navigateur
• navigation
• navire

Further reading

• “naviguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.