virevolter

French

Etymology

From virevolte +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /viʁ.vɔl.te/
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Verb

virevolter

  1. to twirl, spin around, loop around

Conjugation
Conjugation of virevolter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple virevolter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple virevoltant
/viʁ.vɔl.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle virevolté
/viʁ.vɔl.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present virevolte
/viʁ.vɔlt/		 virevoltes
/viʁ.vɔlt/		 virevolte
/viʁ.vɔlt/		 virevoltons
/viʁ.vɔl.tɔ̃/		 virevoltez
/viʁ.vɔl.te/		 virevoltent
/viʁ.vɔlt/
imperfect virevoltais
/viʁ.vɔl.tɛ/		 virevoltais
/viʁ.vɔl.tɛ/		 virevoltait
/viʁ.vɔl.tɛ/		 virevoltions
/viʁ.vɔl.tjɔ̃/		 virevoltiez
/viʁ.vɔl.tje/		 virevoltaient
/viʁ.vɔl.tɛ/
past historic2 virevoltai
/viʁ.vɔl.te/		 virevoltas
/viʁ.vɔl.ta/		 virevolta
/viʁ.vɔl.ta/		 virevoltâmes
/viʁ.vɔl.tam/		 virevoltâtes
/viʁ.vɔl.tat/		 virevoltèrent
/viʁ.vɔl.tɛʁ/
future virevolterai
/viʁ.vɔl.tə.ʁe/		 virevolteras
/viʁ.vɔl.tə.ʁa/		 virevoltera
/viʁ.vɔl.tə.ʁa/		 virevolterons
/viʁ.vɔl.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 virevolterez
/viʁ.vɔl.tə.ʁe/		 virevolteront
/viʁ.vɔl.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional virevolterais
/viʁ.vɔl.tə.ʁɛ/		 virevolterais
/viʁ.vɔl.tə.ʁɛ/		 virevolterait
/viʁ.vɔl.tə.ʁɛ/		 virevolterions
/viʁ.vɔl.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 virevolteriez
/viʁ.vɔl.tə.ʁje/		 virevolteraient
/viʁ.vɔl.tə.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 virevolte
/viʁ.vɔlt/		 virevoltes
/viʁ.vɔlt/		 virevolte
/viʁ.vɔlt/		 virevoltions
/viʁ.vɔl.tjɔ̃/		 virevoltiez
/viʁ.vɔl.tje/		 virevoltent
/viʁ.vɔlt/
imperfect2 virevoltasse
/viʁ.vɔl.tas/		 virevoltasses
/viʁ.vɔl.tas/		 virevoltât
/viʁ.vɔl.ta/		 virevoltassions
/viʁ.vɔl.ta.sjɔ̃/		 virevoltassiez
/viʁ.vɔl.ta.sje/		 virevoltassent
/viʁ.vɔl.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — virevolte
/viʁ.vɔlt/		 — virevoltons
/viʁ.vɔl.tɔ̃/		 virevoltez
/viʁ.vɔl.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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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