pirouetter
English
Etymology
pirouette + -er
Noun
pirouetter (plural pirouetters)
- One who pirouettes.
French
Etymology
pirouette + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi.ʁwɛ.te/, /pi.ʁwe.te/
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Verb
pirouetter
- (intransitive) to pirouette
- (intransitive) to pivot
Conjugation
Conjugation of pirouetter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | pirouetter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | pirouettant /pi.ʁwɛ.tɑ̃/ or /pi.ʁwe.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | pirouetté /pi.ʁwɛ.te/ or /pi.ʁwe.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | pirouette /pi.ʁwɛt/ | pirouettes /pi.ʁwɛt/ | pirouette /pi.ʁwɛt/ | pirouettons /pi.ʁwɛ.tɔ̃/ or /pi.ʁwe.tɔ̃/ | pirouettez /pi.ʁwɛ.te/ or /pi.ʁwe.te/ | pirouettent /pi.ʁwɛt/ |
imperfect | pirouettais /pi.ʁwɛ.tɛ/ or /pi.ʁwe.tɛ/ | pirouettais /pi.ʁwɛ.tɛ/ or /pi.ʁwe.tɛ/ | pirouettait /pi.ʁwɛ.tɛ/ or /pi.ʁwe.tɛ/ | pirouettions /pi.ʁwɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /pi.ʁwe.tjɔ̃/ | pirouettiez /pi.ʁwɛ.tje/ or /pi.ʁwe.tje/ | pirouettaient /pi.ʁwɛ.tɛ/ or /pi.ʁwe.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | pirouettai /pi.ʁwɛ.te/ or /pi.ʁwe.te/ | pirouettas /pi.ʁwɛ.ta/ or /pi.ʁwe.ta/ | pirouetta /pi.ʁwɛ.ta/ or /pi.ʁwe.ta/ | pirouettâmes /pi.ʁwɛ.tam/ or /pi.ʁwe.tam/ | pirouettâtes /pi.ʁwɛ.tat/ or /pi.ʁwe.tat/ | pirouettèrent /pi.ʁwɛ.tɛʁ/ or /pi.ʁwe.tɛʁ/ | |
future | pirouetterai /pi.ʁwɛ.tʁe/ or /pi.ʁwe.tʁe/ | pirouetteras /pi.ʁwɛ.tʁa/ or /pi.ʁwe.tʁa/ | pirouettera /pi.ʁwɛ.tʁa/ or /pi.ʁwe.tʁa/ | pirouetterons /pi.ʁwɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /pi.ʁwe.tʁɔ̃/ | pirouetterez /pi.ʁwɛ.tʁe/ or /pi.ʁwe.tʁe/ | pirouetteront /pi.ʁwɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /pi.ʁwe.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | pirouetterais /pi.ʁwɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pi.ʁwe.tʁɛ/ | pirouetterais /pi.ʁwɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pi.ʁwe.tʁɛ/ | pirouetterait /pi.ʁwɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pi.ʁwe.tʁɛ/ | pirouetterions /pi.ʁwɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pi.ʁwe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | pirouetteriez /pi.ʁwɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /pi.ʁwe.tə.ʁje/ | pirouetteraient /pi.ʁwɛ.tʁɛ/ or /pi.ʁwe.tʁɛ/ | |
(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 | pirouette /pi.ʁwɛt/ | pirouettes /pi.ʁwɛt/ | pirouette /pi.ʁwɛt/ | pirouettions /pi.ʁwɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /pi.ʁwe.tjɔ̃/ | pirouettiez /pi.ʁwɛ.tje/ or /pi.ʁwe.tje/ | pirouettent /pi.ʁwɛt/ |
imperfect2 | pirouettasse /pi.ʁwɛ.tas/ or /pi.ʁwe.tas/ | pirouettasses /pi.ʁwɛ.tas/ or /pi.ʁwe.tas/ | pirouettât /pi.ʁwɛ.ta/ or /pi.ʁwe.ta/ | pirouettassions /pi.ʁwɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /pi.ʁwe.ta.sjɔ̃/ | pirouettassiez /pi.ʁwɛ.ta.sje/ or /pi.ʁwe.ta.sje/ | pirouettassent /pi.ʁwɛ.tas/ or /pi.ʁwe.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | pirouette /pi.ʁwɛt/ | — | pirouettons /pi.ʁwɛ.tɔ̃/ or /pi.ʁwe.tɔ̃/ | pirouettez /pi.ʁwɛ.te/ or /pi.ʁwe.te/ | — | |
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). |
Descendants
- → Dutch: pirouetteren
- → German: pirouettieren
Further reading
- “pirouetter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.