retordre
French
Etymology
Latin retorquere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.tɔʁdʁ/
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Verb
retordre
- (transitive, intransitive) retwist; to twist again
Conjugation
Conjugation of retordre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | retordre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | retordant /ʁə.tɔʁ.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | retordu /ʁə.tɔʁ.dy/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | retords /ʁə.tɔʁ/ | retords /ʁə.tɔʁ/ | retord /ʁə.tɔʁ/ | retordons /ʁə.tɔʁ.dɔ̃/ | retordez /ʁə.tɔʁ.de/ | retordent /ʁə.tɔʁd/ |
| imperfect | retordais /ʁə.tɔʁ.dɛ/ | retordais /ʁə.tɔʁ.dɛ/ | retordait /ʁə.tɔʁ.dɛ/ | retordions /ʁə.tɔʁ.djɔ̃/ | retordiez /ʁə.tɔʁ.dje/ | retordaient /ʁə.tɔʁ.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | retordis /ʁə.tɔʁ.di/ | retordis /ʁə.tɔʁ.di/ | retordit /ʁə.tɔʁ.di/ | retordîmes /ʁə.tɔʁ.dim/ | retordîtes /ʁə.tɔʁ.dit/ | retordirent /ʁə.tɔʁ.diʁ/ | |
| future | retordrai /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁe/ | retordras /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁa/ | retordra /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁa/ | retordrons /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁɔ̃/ | retordrez /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁe/ | retordront /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | retordrais /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁɛ/ | retordrais /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁɛ/ | retordrait /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁɛ/ | retordrions /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁi.jɔ̃/ | retordriez /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁi.je/ | retordraient /ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | retorde /ʁə.tɔʁd/ | retordes /ʁə.tɔʁd/ | retorde /ʁə.tɔʁd/ | retordions /ʁə.tɔʁ.djɔ̃/ | retordiez /ʁə.tɔʁ.dje/ | retordent /ʁə.tɔʁd/ |
| imperfect2 | retordisse /ʁə.tɔʁ.dis/ | retordisses /ʁə.tɔʁ.dis/ | retordît /ʁə.tɔʁ.di/ | retordissions /ʁə.tɔʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ | retordissiez /ʁə.tɔʁ.di.sje/ | retordissent /ʁə.tɔʁ.dis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | retords /ʁə.tɔʁ/ | — | retordons /ʁə.tɔʁ.dɔ̃/ | retordez /ʁə.tɔʁ.de/ | — | |
| 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
- du fil à retordre
Further reading
- “retordre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.