# contourner

- **Language:** French
- **Level:** C2 (Proficient)
- **Part of speech:** verb
- **Pronunciation:** /kɔ̃.tuʁ.ne/
- **English:** circumvent
- **Persian:** دور زدن
- **Definition:** To find a way around a rule or problem.

## Example

> Certaines entreprises essaient de contourner la réglementation.
> Some firms try to circumvent the regulations.
> برخی شرکت‌ها می‌کوشند مقررات را دور بزنند.

## Word forms

- noun: contournement

## Common phrases

- contourner la loi
- contourner des restrictions
- contourner une règle

## Related words

- [sommaire](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/french/sommaire): perfunctory (C2)
- [se heurter à](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/french/se-heurter-a): encounter (B2)
- [maintenir](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/french/maintenir): maintain (B2)
- [obtenir](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/french/obtenir): obtain (B2)
- [éviter](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/french/eviter): avoid (B1)
- [continuer](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/french/continuer): continue (B1)
- [commencer](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/french/commencer): start (A2)
- [finir](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/french/finir): finish (A2)

Source: https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/french/contourner