évertuer

French

Etymology

From é- +‎ vertu +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.vɛʁ.tɥe/

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Verb

évertuer

1. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to strive

Conjugation

Conjugation of évertuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	évertuer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	évertuant /e.vɛʁ.tɥɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		évertué /e.vɛʁ.tɥe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	évertue /e.vɛʁ.ty/	évertues /e.vɛʁ.ty/	évertue /e.vɛʁ.ty/	évertuons /e.vɛʁ.tɥɔ̃/	évertuez /e.vɛʁ.tɥe/	évertuent /e.vɛʁ.ty/
	imperfect	évertuais /e.vɛʁ.tɥɛ/	évertuais /e.vɛʁ.tɥɛ/	évertuait /e.vɛʁ.tɥɛ/	évertuions /e.vɛʁ.ty.jɔ̃/	évertuiez /e.vɛʁ.ty.je/	évertuaient /e.vɛʁ.tɥɛ/
	past historic2	évertuai /e.vɛʁ.tɥe/	évertuas /e.vɛʁ.tɥa/	évertua /e.vɛʁ.tɥa/	évertuâmes /e.vɛʁ.tɥam/	évertuâtes /e.vɛʁ.tɥat/	évertuèrent /e.vɛʁ.tɥɛʁ/
	future	évertuerai /e.vɛʁ.ty.ʁe/	évertueras /e.vɛʁ.ty.ʁa/	évertuera /e.vɛʁ.ty.ʁa/	évertuerons /e.vɛʁ.ty.ʁɔ̃/	évertuerez /e.vɛʁ.ty.ʁe/	évertueront /e.vɛʁ.ty.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	évertuerais /e.vɛʁ.ty.ʁɛ/	évertuerais /e.vɛʁ.ty.ʁɛ/	évertuerait /e.vɛʁ.ty.ʁɛ/	évertuerions /e.vɛʁ.ty.ʁjɔ̃/	évertueriez /e.vɛʁ.ty.ʁje/	évertueraient /e.vɛʁ.ty.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	évertue /e.vɛʁ.ty/	évertues /e.vɛʁ.ty/	évertue /e.vɛʁ.ty/	évertuions /e.vɛʁ.ty.jɔ̃/	évertuiez /e.vɛʁ.ty.je/	évertuent /e.vɛʁ.ty/
	imperfect2	évertuasse /e.vɛʁ.tɥas/	évertuasses /e.vɛʁ.tɥas/	évertuât /e.vɛʁ.tɥa/	évertuassions /e.vɛʁ.tɥa.sjɔ̃/	évertuassiez /e.vɛʁ.tɥa.sje/	évertuassent /e.vɛʁ.tɥas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	évertue /e.vɛʁ.ty/	—	évertuons /e.vɛʁ.tɥɔ̃/	évertuez /e.vɛʁ.tɥe/	—
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).

Further reading

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