Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Introduction to the verb court-circuiter
The English translation of the French verb court-circuiter is “to short-circuit.” The infinitive form, court-circuiter, is pronounced as “koor-seer-kwee-tay.”
The language origin of court-circuiter is a combination of the French words “court” meaning “short” and “circuit” meaning “circuit.” It is most often used in everyday French to describe the act of bypassing or disrupting an electrical circuit.
Examples:
- Ne touchez pas les fils ensemble, vous pourriez court-circuiter la machine.
(Don’t touch the wires together, you could short-circuit the machine.) - Le violent orage a court-circuité l’alimentation électrique du quartier.
(The violent storm short-circuited the power supply of the neighborhood.) - Il a essayé de court-circuiter le système de sécurité pour entrer sans être remarqué.
(He tried to bypass the security system to enter unnoticed.)
Note: The translations provided are a close representation of the examples given.
Court-Circuiter – About the French Present Tense
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Common Everyday Usage Patterns For Le Present
Interactions with Other Tenses
Table of the Present Tense Conjugation of court-circuiter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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Je | je court-circuite | Je court-circuite l’appareil. | I short-circuit the device. |
Tu | tu court-circuites | Tu court-circuites le système. | You short-circuit the system. |
Il | il court-circuite | Il court-circuite le circuit électrique. | He short-circuits the electrical circuit. |
Elle | elle court-circuite | Elle court-circuite la machine. | She short-circuits the machine. |
On | on court-circuite | On court-circuite tous les appareils. | One short-circuits all the devices. |
Nous | nous court-circuitons | Nous court-circuitons les câbles. | We short-circuit the cables. |
Vous | vous court-circuitez | Vous court-circuitez le réseau. | You short-circuit the network. |
Ils | ils court-circuitent | Ils court-circuitent les fusibles. | They short-circuit the fuses. |
Elles | elles court-circuitent | Elles court-circuitent les prises. | They short-circuit the outlets. |
Other Conjugations for Court-Circuiter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter (You’re reading it right now!)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Conditionnel Passé II (Conditional Past II) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
L’impératif Passé (Imperative Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
L’infinitif Passé (Infinitive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Le Participe Présent (Present Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
Le Participe Passé (Past Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb court-circuiter
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