Grammatical class
Verb
contourner
to circumvent, to bypass, to skirt around
Details
Syllables
con-tour-ner
Phonetics
kɔ̃.tuʁ.ne
Grammatical class
Verb
Freq. (books)
8359
Freq. (movies)
7891
Freq. (news)
8132
Sentences
On va contourner le centre-ville.
We'll bypass the city centre.
A1
Il a essayé de contourner le sujet.
He attempted to skirt around the question.
B1
Il te faudra trouver une astuce pour contourner ce problème.
You'll have to find a trick to circumvent that issue.
B1
Heureusement, il existe des techniques qui permettent de contourner ce problème.
Fortunately, there are some techniques you can use to work around this issue.
B2
Les usuriers recourent à toutes sortes d'astuces pour contourner les lois sur l'usure.
Loan sharks pull all sorts of tricks to skirt usury laws.
B2