girer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gȳrāre, cognate with Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish girar; and Galician xirar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.ʁe/

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Verb

girer

1. (rare, dated, transitive, intransitive) to turn

Conjugation

Conjugation of girer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	girer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	girant /ʒi.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		giré /ʒi.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gire /ʒiʁ/	gires /ʒiʁ/	gire /ʒiʁ/	girons /ʒi.ʁɔ̃/	girez /ʒi.ʁe/	girent /ʒiʁ/
	imperfect	girais /ʒi.ʁɛ/	girais /ʒi.ʁɛ/	girait /ʒi.ʁɛ/	girions /ʒi.ʁjɔ̃/	giriez /ʒi.ʁje/	giraient /ʒi.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	girai /ʒi.ʁe/	giras /ʒi.ʁa/	gira /ʒi.ʁa/	girâmes /ʒi.ʁam/	girâtes /ʒi.ʁat/	girèrent /ʒi.ʁɛʁ/
	future	girerai /ʒi.ʁə.ʁe/	gireras /ʒi.ʁə.ʁa/	girera /ʒi.ʁə.ʁa/	girerons /ʒi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	girerez /ʒi.ʁə.ʁe/	gireront /ʒi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	girerais /ʒi.ʁə.ʁɛ/	girerais /ʒi.ʁə.ʁɛ/	girerait /ʒi.ʁə.ʁɛ/	girerions /ʒi.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	gireriez /ʒi.ʁə.ʁje/	gireraient /ʒi.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	gire /ʒiʁ/	gires /ʒiʁ/	gire /ʒiʁ/	girions /ʒi.ʁjɔ̃/	giriez /ʒi.ʁje/	girent /ʒiʁ/
	imperfect2	girasse /ʒi.ʁas/	girasses /ʒi.ʁas/	girât /ʒi.ʁa/	girassions /ʒi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	girassiez /ʒi.ʁa.sje/	girassent /ʒi.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gire /ʒiʁ/	—	girons /ʒi.ʁɔ̃/	girez /ʒi.ʁe/	—
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).

See also

• gyrer

Further reading

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