inverser

French

Etymology

From Latin invertere (“to invert”), from in- (“in, on”) + vertere (“to turn”).

Verb

inverser

  1. (transitive) to revert; inverse
  2. (reflexive) to get reversed; to go the other way round

Conjugation
Conjugation of inverser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle inversant
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɑ̃/
past participle inversé
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.se/
infinitive
simple inverser
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple inversant
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɑ̃/
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 inverse
/ɛ̃.vɛʁs/		 inverses
/ɛ̃.vɛʁs/		 inverse
/ɛ̃.vɛʁs/		 inversons
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/		 inversez
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.se/		 inversent
/ɛ̃.vɛʁs/
imperfect inversais
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/		 inversais
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/		 inversait
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/		 inversions
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/		 inversiez
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sje/		 inversaient
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/
past historic2 inversai
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.se/		 inversas
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sa/		 inversa
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sa/		 inversâmes
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sam/		 inversâtes
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sat/		 inversèrent
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɛʁ/
future inverserai
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/		 inverseras
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/		 inversera
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/		 inverserons
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/		 inverserez
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/		 inverseront
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional inverserais
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/		 inverserais
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/		 inverserait
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/		 inverserions
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 inverseriez
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁje/		 inverseraient
/ɛ̃.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 inverse
/ɛ̃.vɛʁs/		 inverses
/ɛ̃.vɛʁs/		 inverse
/ɛ̃.vɛʁs/		 inversions
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/		 inversiez
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sje/		 inversent
/ɛ̃.vɛʁs/
imperfect2 inversasse
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sas/		 inversasses
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sas/		 inversât
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sa/		 inversassions
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/		 inversassiez
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sa.sje/		 inversassent
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — inverse
/ɛ̃.vɛʁs/		 — inversons
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/		 inversez
/ɛ̃.vɛʁ.se/		 —
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).

Derived terms
  • désinverser

Further reading

German

Adjective

inverser

  1. inflection of invers:
    1. strong and mixed nominative masculine singular
    2. strong genitive and dative feminine singular
    3. strong genitive plural
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