bêcheveter

French

Etymology

From bêchevet +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛʃ.və.te/

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Verb

bêcheveter

1. to upend (turn upside-down)
2. to place head-to-toe, head-to-tail

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il bêchevète and the third-person singular future indicative il bêchevètera.

Conjugation of bêcheveter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bêcheveter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bêchevetant /bɛʃ.və.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bêcheveté /bɛʃ.və.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bêchevète /bɛʃ.vɛt/	bêchevètes /bɛʃ.vɛt/	bêchevète /bɛʃ.vɛt/	bêchevetons /bɛʃ.və.tɔ̃/	bêchevetez /bɛʃ.və.te/	bêchevètent /bɛʃ.vɛt/
	imperfect	bêchevetais /bɛʃ.və.tɛ/	bêchevetais /bɛʃ.və.tɛ/	bêchevetait /bɛʃ.və.tɛ/	bêchevetions /bɛʃ.və.tjɔ̃/	bêchevetiez /bɛʃ.və.tje/	bêchevetaient /bɛʃ.və.tɛ/
	past historic2	bêchevetai /bɛʃ.və.te/	bêchevetas /bɛʃ.və.ta/	bêcheveta /bɛʃ.və.ta/	bêchevetâmes /bɛʃ.və.tam/	bêchevetâtes /bɛʃ.və.tat/	bêchevetèrent /bɛʃ.və.tɛʁ/
	future	bêchevèterai /bɛʃ.vɛ.tʁe/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tʁe/	bêchevèteras /bɛʃ.vɛ.tʁa/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tʁa/	bêchevètera /bɛʃ.vɛ.tʁa/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tʁa/	bêchevèterons /bɛʃ.vɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tʁɔ̃/	bêchevèterez /bɛʃ.vɛ.tʁe/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tʁe/	bêchevèteront /bɛʃ.vɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bêchevèterais /bɛʃ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tʁɛ/	bêchevèterais /bɛʃ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tʁɛ/	bêchevèterait /bɛʃ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tʁɛ/	bêchevèterions /bɛʃ.vɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	bêchevèteriez /bɛʃ.vɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tə.ʁje/	bêchevèteraient /bɛʃ.vɛ.tʁɛ/ or /bɛʃ.ve.tʁɛ/
(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	bêchevète /bɛʃ.vɛt/	bêchevètes /bɛʃ.vɛt/	bêchevète /bɛʃ.vɛt/	bêchevetions /bɛʃ.və.tjɔ̃/	bêchevetiez /bɛʃ.və.tje/	bêchevètent /bɛʃ.vɛt/
	imperfect2	bêchevetasse /bɛʃ.və.tas/	bêchevetasses /bɛʃ.və.tas/	bêchevetât /bɛʃ.və.ta/	bêchevetassions /bɛʃ.və.ta.sjɔ̃/	bêchevetassiez /bɛʃ.və.ta.sje/	bêchevetassent /bɛʃ.və.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bêchevète /bɛʃ.vɛt/	—	bêchevetons /bɛʃ.və.tɔ̃/	bêchevetez /bɛʃ.və.te/	—
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).

Related terms

• tête-bêche

Further reading

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