chavirer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan cap-virar, capvirar (cf. cap and virer).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃa.vi.ʁe/

Verb

chavirer

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to capsize
  2. (intransitive) to overturn, keel over, tip over (of objects etc.)
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) to roll (of eyes); to reel, spin (of room etc.); to turn over (of heart)
  4. (transitive) to bowl over, shatter (someone)

Conjugation
Conjugation of chavirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle chavirant
/ʃa.vi.ʁɑ̃/
past participle chaviré
/ʃa.vi.ʁe/
infinitive
simple chavirer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple chavirant
/ʃa.vi.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present chavire
/ʃa.viʁ/		 chavires
/ʃa.viʁ/		 chavire
/ʃa.viʁ/		 chavirons
/ʃa.vi.ʁɔ̃/		 chavirez
/ʃa.vi.ʁe/		 chavirent
/ʃa.viʁ/
imperfect chavirais
/ʃa.vi.ʁɛ/		 chavirais
/ʃa.vi.ʁɛ/		 chavirait
/ʃa.vi.ʁɛ/		 chavirions
/ʃa.vi.ʁjɔ̃/		 chaviriez
/ʃa.vi.ʁje/		 chaviraient
/ʃa.vi.ʁɛ/
past historic2 chavirai
/ʃa.vi.ʁe/		 chaviras
/ʃa.vi.ʁa/		 chavira
/ʃa.vi.ʁa/		 chavirâmes
/ʃa.vi.ʁam/		 chavirâtes
/ʃa.vi.ʁat/		 chavirèrent
/ʃa.vi.ʁɛʁ/
future chavirerai
/ʃa.vi.ʁə.ʁe/		 chavireras
/ʃa.vi.ʁə.ʁa/		 chavirera
/ʃa.vi.ʁə.ʁa/		 chavirerons
/ʃa.vi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 chavirerez
/ʃa.vi.ʁə.ʁe/		 chavireront
/ʃa.vi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional chavirerais
/ʃa.vi.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 chavirerais
/ʃa.vi.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 chavirerait
/ʃa.vi.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 chavirerions
/ʃa.vi.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 chavireriez
/ʃa.vi.ʁə.ʁje/		 chavireraient
/ʃa.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 chavire
/ʃa.viʁ/		 chavires
/ʃa.viʁ/		 chavire
/ʃa.viʁ/		 chavirions
/ʃa.vi.ʁjɔ̃/		 chaviriez
/ʃa.vi.ʁje/		 chavirent
/ʃa.viʁ/
imperfect2 chavirasse
/ʃa.vi.ʁas/		 chavirasses
/ʃa.vi.ʁas/		 chavirât
/ʃa.vi.ʁa/		 chavirassions
/ʃa.vi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 chavirassiez
/ʃa.vi.ʁa.sje/		 chavirassent
/ʃa.vi.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — chavire
/ʃa.viʁ/		 — chavirons
/ʃa.vi.ʁɔ̃/		 chavirez
/ʃa.vi.ʁe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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