éventrer

See also: eventrer

French

Etymology

From é- +‎ ventre (“stomach”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.vɑ̃.tʁe/

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Verb

éventrer

1. (literally) to gut, to disembowel

   Synonym: éviscérer

2. (by extension) to rip apart, to tear open
3. (of a bull) to gore

Conjugation

Conjugation of éventrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	éventrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	éventrant /e.vɑ̃.tʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		éventré /e.vɑ̃.tʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	éventre /e.vɑ̃tʁ/	éventres /e.vɑ̃tʁ/	éventre /e.vɑ̃tʁ/	éventrons /e.vɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/	éventrez /e.vɑ̃.tʁe/	éventrent /e.vɑ̃tʁ/
	imperfect	éventrais /e.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/	éventrais /e.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/	éventrait /e.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/	éventrions /e.vɑ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/	éventriez /e.vɑ̃.tʁi.je/	éventraient /e.vɑ̃.tʁɛ/
	past historic2	éventrai /e.vɑ̃.tʁe/	éventras /e.vɑ̃.tʁa/	éventra /e.vɑ̃.tʁa/	éventrâmes /e.vɑ̃.tʁam/	éventrâtes /e.vɑ̃.tʁat/	éventrèrent /e.vɑ̃.tʁɛʁ/
	future	éventrerai /e.vɑ̃.tʁə.ʁe/	éventreras /e.vɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa/	éventrera /e.vɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa/	éventrerons /e.vɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/	éventrerez /e.vɑ̃.tʁə.ʁe/	éventreront /e.vɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	éventrerais /e.vɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/	éventrerais /e.vɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/	éventrerait /e.vɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/	éventrerions /e.vɑ̃.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	éventreriez /e.vɑ̃.tʁə.ʁje/	éventreraient /e.vɑ̃.tʁə.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	éventre /e.vɑ̃tʁ/	éventres /e.vɑ̃tʁ/	éventre /e.vɑ̃tʁ/	éventrions /e.vɑ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/	éventriez /e.vɑ̃.tʁi.je/	éventrent /e.vɑ̃tʁ/
	imperfect2	éventrasse /e.vɑ̃.tʁas/	éventrasses /e.vɑ̃.tʁas/	éventrât /e.vɑ̃.tʁa/	éventrassions /e.vɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃/	éventrassiez /e.vɑ̃.tʁa.sje/	éventrassent /e.vɑ̃.tʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	éventre /e.vɑ̃tʁ/	—	éventrons /e.vɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/	éventrez /e.vɑ̃.tʁe/	—
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).

Derived terms

• éventrement
• éventreur
• éventré

Further reading

• “éventrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• rêvèrent