inverser
French
Etymology
From Latin invertere (“to invert”), from in- (“in, on”) + vertere (“to turn”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
inverser
- (transitive) to revert; inverse
- (reflexive) to get reversed; to go the other way round
Conjugation
Conjugation of inverser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | inverser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | inversant /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | inversé /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | inverse /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/ | inverses /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/ | inverse /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/ | inversons /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ | inversez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.se/ | inversent /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/ |
| imperfect | inversais /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/ | inversais /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/ | inversait /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/ | inversions /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ | inversiez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sje/ | inversaient /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | inversai /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.se/ | inversas /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sa/ | inversa /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sa/ | inversâmes /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sam/ | inversâtes /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sat/ | inversèrent /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | inverserai /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ | inverseras /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ | inversera /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ | inverserons /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | inverserez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ | inverseront /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | inverserais /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | inverserais /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | inverserait /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | inverserions /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | inverseriez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ | inverseraient /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.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 | inverse /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/ | inverses /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/ | inverse /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/ | inversions /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ | inversiez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sje/ | inversent /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/ |
| imperfect2 | inversasse /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sas/ | inversasses /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sas/ | inversât /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sa/ | inversassions /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ | inversassiez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sa.sje/ | inversassent /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | inverse /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/ | — | inversons /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ | inversez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- barre oblique inversée
- désinverser
- psychologie inversée
Further reading
- “inverser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Adjective
inverser
- inflection of invers:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural