virer
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *virō, probably from Latin vibrō (in which case it is a doublet of vibrer) or possibly from an alteration of gȳrō. Compare Italian virare, Spanish virar. Or, possibly from Gaulish *viru (“to deviate, veer off”), itself derived from viros (“round, crooked”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.ʁe/
- Homophones: virai, viré, virée, virées, virés, virez
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Verb
virer
- (intransitive) to bear, veer (change direction slightly)
- Virer à gauche. ― Bear left.
- (intransitive) to turn into, become
- La situation va virer au drame. ― The situation is going to turn into a drama.
- (transitive, banking) to transfer (money, from one account to another)
- (transitive, colloquial) to get rid of, fire, shitcan
- Tu pourrais te faire virer pour ça. ― You could get yourself fired for that.
Conjugation
Conjugation of virer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | virer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | virant /vi.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | viré /vi.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | vire /viʁ/ | vires /viʁ/ | vire /viʁ/ | virons /vi.ʁɔ̃/ | virez /vi.ʁe/ | virent /viʁ/ |
| imperfect | virais /vi.ʁɛ/ | virais /vi.ʁɛ/ | virait /vi.ʁɛ/ | virions /vi.ʁjɔ̃/ | viriez /vi.ʁje/ | viraient /vi.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | virai /vi.ʁe/ | viras /vi.ʁa/ | vira /vi.ʁa/ | virâmes /vi.ʁam/ | virâtes /vi.ʁat/ | virèrent /vi.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | virerai /vi.ʁə.ʁe/ | vireras /vi.ʁə.ʁa/ | virera /vi.ʁə.ʁa/ | virerons /vi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | virerez /vi.ʁə.ʁe/ | vireront /vi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | virerais /vi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | virerais /vi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | virerait /vi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | virerions /vi.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vireriez /vi.ʁə.ʁje/ | vireraient /vi.ʁə.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 | vire /viʁ/ | vires /viʁ/ | vire /viʁ/ | virions /vi.ʁjɔ̃/ | viriez /vi.ʁje/ | virent /viʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | virasse /vi.ʁas/ | virasses /vi.ʁas/ | virât /vi.ʁa/ | virassions /vi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ | virassiez /vi.ʁa.sje/ | virassent /vi.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | vire /viʁ/ | — | virons /vi.ʁɔ̃/ | virez /vi.ʁe/ | — | |
| 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
- virage
- virement
- virer de bord
- virer une brosse
Descendants
- → English: veer
Further reading
- “virer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- river