renverser
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.se/
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Verb
renverser
- (transitive) to turn over, turn upside down
- renverser le mélange ― to turn the mixture over
- renverser le sablier ― to turn over the hourglass
- (transitive) to knock over, knock to the ground
- renverser une statue ― to knock a statue over
- renverser son adversaire ― to knock one's opponent to the floor
- (transitive) to run over
- renverser un homme ― to run over a man
- (transitive) to spill (e.g. a liquid)
- (transitive, grammar) to invert (change the positions of words in a sentence)
- (transitive) to switch over, switch
- (transitive) to reverse, turn around (a situation)
- (transitive) to overthrow, bring down
- (transitive) to knock back, agitate
- (reflexive) to lean back
- (reflexive) to lay back, lie down
- (intransitive, of a tide) to reverse (flow in the opposite direction)
Conjugation
Conjugation of renverser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | renverser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | renversant /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | renversé /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | renverse /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁs/ | renverses /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁs/ | renverse /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁs/ | renversons /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ | renversez /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.se/ | renversent /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁs/ |
imperfect | renversais /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/ | renversais /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/ | renversait /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/ | renversions /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ | renversiez /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sje/ | renversaient /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | renversai /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.se/ | renversas /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sa/ | renversa /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sa/ | renversâmes /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sam/ | renversâtes /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sat/ | renversèrent /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sɛʁ/ | |
future | renverserai /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ | renverseras /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ | renversera /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ | renverserons /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | renverserez /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ | renverseront /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | renverserais /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | renverserais /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | renverserait /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | renverserions /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | renverseriez /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ | renverseraient /ʁɑ̃.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 | renverse /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁs/ | renverses /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁs/ | renverse /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁs/ | renversions /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ | renversiez /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sje/ | renversent /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁs/ |
imperfect2 | renversasse /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sas/ | renversasses /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sas/ | renversât /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sa/ | renversassions /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ | renversassiez /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sa.sje/ | renversassent /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | renverse /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁs/ | — | renversons /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ | renversez /ʁɑ̃.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
- renverser la vapeur
Related terms
- renversable
- renversement
- réinverser
- verser
Further reading
- “renverser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.