intervertir
French
Etymology
From Latin intervertere, present active infinitive of intervertō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tiʁ/
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Verb
intervertir
- (transitive) to invert, reverse
- Synonyms: inverser, renverser
- (transitive) to interchange
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of intervertir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | intervertir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | intervertissant /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | interverti /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | intervertis /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti/ | intervertis /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti/ | intervertit /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti/ | intervertissons /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sɔ̃/ | intervertissez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.se/ | intervertissent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tis/ |
imperfect | intervertissais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/ | intervertissais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/ | intervertissait /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/ | intervertissions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/ | intervertissiez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sje/ | intervertissaient /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | intervertis /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti/ | intervertis /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti/ | intervertit /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti/ | intervertîmes /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tim/ | intervertîtes /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tit/ | intervertirent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tiʁ/ | |
future | intervertirai /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.ʁe/ | intervertiras /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.ʁa/ | intervertira /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.ʁa/ | intervertirons /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | intervertirez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.ʁe/ | intervertiront /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | intervertirais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ | intervertirais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ | intervertirait /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ | intervertirions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ | intervertiriez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.ʁje/ | intervertiraient /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/ | |
(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 | intervertisse /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tis/ | intervertisses /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tis/ | intervertisse /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tis/ | intervertissions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/ | intervertissiez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sje/ | intervertissent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tis/ |
imperfect2 | intervertisse /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tis/ | intervertisses /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tis/ | intervertît /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti/ | intervertissions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/ | intervertissiez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sje/ | intervertissent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.tis/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | intervertis /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti/ | — | intervertissons /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.sɔ̃/ | intervertissez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛʁ.ti.se/ | — | |
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
- “intervertir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.