renverser

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ Old French enverser, the latter from Latin inversāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.se/

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Verb

renverser

1. (transitive) to turn over, turn upside down

   renverser le mélange ― to turn the mixture over

   renverser le sablier ― to turn over the hourglass

2. (transitive) to knock over, knock to the ground

   renverser une statue ― to knock a statue over

   renverser son adversaire ― to knock one's opponent to the floor

3. (transitive) to run over

   renverser un homme ― to run over a man

4. (transitive) to spill (e.g. a liquid)
5. (transitive, grammar) to invert (change the positions of words in a sentence)
6. (transitive) to switch over, switch
7. (transitive) to reverse, turn around (a situation)
8. (transitive) to overthrow, bring down
9. (transitive) to knock back, agitate
10. (reflexive) to lean back
11. (reflexive) to lay back, lie down
12. (intransitive, of a tide) to reverse (flow in the opposite direction)

Conjugation

Conjugation of renverser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	renverser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	renversant /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		renversé /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	renverse /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁs/	renverses /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁs/	renverse /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁs/	renversons /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/	renversez /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.se/	renversent /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁs/
	imperfect	renversais /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/	renversais /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/	renversait /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/	renversions /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/	renversiez /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sje/	renversaient /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/
	past historic2	renversai /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.se/	renversas /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sa/	renversa /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sa/	renversâmes /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sam/	renversâtes /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sat/	renversèrent /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sɛʁ/
	future	renverserai /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/	renverseras /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/	renversera /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/	renverserons /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/	renverserez /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/	renverseront /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	renverserais /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	renverserais /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	renverserait /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	renverserions /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	renverseriez /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁje/	renverseraient /ʁɑ̃.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	renverse /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁs/	renverses /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁs/	renverse /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁs/	renversions /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/	renversiez /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sje/	renversent /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁs/
	imperfect2	renversasse /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sas/	renversasses /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sas/	renversât /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sa/	renversassions /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/	renversassiez /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sa.sje/	renversassent /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	renverse /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁs/	—	renversons /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/	renversez /ʁɑ̃.vɛʁ.se/	—
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

• renverser la vapeur

Related terms

• renversable
• renversement
• réinverser
• verser

Further reading

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