On vous dit tout sur la conjugaison de fly en anglais : les temps et les modes, mais aussi les définitions multiples de ce verbe, ses synonymes, ainsi que ses phrasal verbs et expressions !
Tableaux de conjugaison de fly en anglais
Conjugaison du verbe fly à l’indicatif
Le verbe fly au present simple
- I fly
- You fly
- He/she/it flies
- We fly
- You fly
- They fly
Le verbe fly au present continuous
- I am flying
- You are flying
- He/she/it is flying
- We are flying
- You are flying
- They are flying
Le verbe fly past simple
- I flew
- You flew
- He/she/it flew
- We flew
- You flew
- They flew
Le verbe fly au past continuous
- I was flying
- You were flying
- He/she/it was flying
- We were flying
- You were flying
- They were flying
Le verbe fly au present perfect
- I have flown
- You have flown
- He/she/it has flown
- We have flown
- You have flown
- They have flown
Le verbe fly au present perfect continuous
- I have been flying
- You have been flying
- He/she/it has been flying
- We have been flying
- You have been flying
- They have been flying
Le verbe fly au past perfect
- I had flown
- You had flown
- He/she/it had flown
- We had flown
- You had flown
- They had flown
Le verbe fly au past perfect continuous
- I had been flying
- You had been flying
- He/she/it had been flying
- We had been flying
- You had been flying
- They had been flying
Le verbe fly au future
- I will fly
- You will fly
- He/she/it will fly
- We will fly
- You will fly
- They will fly
Le verbe fly au future continuous
- I will be flying
- You will be flying
- He/she/it will be flying
- We will be flying
- You will be flying
- They will be flying
Le verbe fly au future perfect
- I will have flown
- You will have flown
- He/she/it will have flown
- We will have flown
- You will have flown
- They will have flown
Le verbe fly au future perfect continuous
- I will have been flying
- You will have been flying
- He/she/it will have been flying
- We will have been flying
- You will have been flying
- They will have been flying
Conjugaison du verbe fly au conditionnel
Le verbe fly au conditional present
- I would fly
- You would fly
- He/she/it would fly
- We would fly
- You would fly
- They would fly
Le verbe fly au conditional present continuous
- I would be flying
- You would be flying
- He/she/it would be flying
- We would be flying
- You would be flying
- They would be flying
Le verbe fly au conditional perfect
- I would have flown
- You would have flown
- He/she/it would have flown
- We would have flown
- You would have flown
- They would have flown
Le verbe fly au conditional perfect continuous
- I would have been flying
- You would have been flying
- He/she/it would have been flying
- We would have been flying
- You would have been flying
- They would have been flying
Les autres formes
L’infinitif de fly
- to fly
Participe présent de fly
- flying
Participe passé de fly
- flown
L’impératif de fly
- fly
- let’s fly
À l’image de to find, to drive, to buy, to sleep et to make, to fly est un verbe irrégulier. Il faut donc faire particulièrement attention aux terminaisons past simple et au participe passé.
Définition de fly en anglais
Que veut dire le verbe fly en anglais ?
Le Cambridge Dictionary donne plusieurs définitions du verbe fly.
Penchons-nous sur les principales :
1. When a bird, insect, or aircraft flies, it moves through the air
I wish I could fly like a bird!
→ J’aimerais voler comme un oiseau !
2. To travel by aircraft, or to go somewhere or cross something in an aircraft
1 million passengers fly in a day.
→ 1 million de voyageurs prennent l’avion chaque jour.
3. To use a particular company to travel by aircraft
You can fly British Airways to London from Paris.
→ Vous pouvez voler avec British Airways pour Londres depuis Paris.
4. To transport people or goods by aircraft
Rescue helicopters flew people out of the town.
→ Les hélicoptères de secours ont évacué les gens de la ville.
5. To control an aircraft
I’ve always wanted to learn to fly an airplane.
→ J’ai toujours voulu apprendre à piloter un avion.
6. To move or go quickly
Time flies when I’m with you.
→ Le temps passe vite quand je suis avec toi.
7. To wave or move about in the air while being fixed at one end
Many kids are flying kites on the beach.
→ Beaucoup d’enfants font du cerf-volant sur la plage.
8. If rumours, accusations, etc. fly, they are passed quickly from one person to another and cause excitement
They will not let this fake news fly.
→ Ils ne vont pas laisser la fake news se répandre.
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Les phrasal verbs avec fly en anglais
Rappel : les phrasal verbs (ou “verbes à particule”) sont des verbes qui, lorsqu’ils sont suivis d’un autre mot (la particule), voient leur sens initial complété ou modifié.
Il existe trois phrasal verbs formés sur le verbe fly :
- fly at somebody → s’en prendre à quelqu’un
- fly away → s’envoler/être emporté par
- fly back → rentrer en avion
- fly by → passer à toute vitesse
- fly in → arriver en avion
- fly off/out → s’envoler
Les synonymes de fly en anglais
En fonction du contexte, vous pouvez remplacer le verbe to fly par l’un des verbes suivants :
- flit → voleter (comme une mouche ou un papillon, par exemple)
- glide → planer
- jet → se déplacer en avion
- pilot → piloter
- take off → décoller (en avion)
- travel → voyager
- whoosh → filer à toute vitesse
Expressions avec fly en anglais
- fly a kite → tâter le terrain (au sens figuré, le sens propre étant de faire du cerf-volant)
- fly high → avoir le vent en poupe
- fly in the face of something → aller à l’encontre de quelque chose
- fly off the handle → sortir de ses gonds (familier)
- fly solo → voler de ses propres ailes (familier)
- fly the coop → se tirer, se barrer (familier)
- fly the nest → quitter le nid
- let fly at somebody → se déchaîner sur quelqu’un, s’en prendre à quelqu’un
- make the fur fly → faire grand bruit (familier)
