inverser

French

Etymology

From Latin invertere (“to invert”), from in- (“in, on”) + vertere (“to turn”).

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Verb

inverser

1. (transitive) to revert; inverse
2. (reflexive) to get reversed; to go the other way round

Conjugation

Conjugation of inverser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	inverser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	inversant /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		inversé /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	inverse /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/	inverses /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/	inverse /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/	inversons /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/	inversez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.se/	inversent /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/
	imperfect	inversais /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/	inversais /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/	inversait /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/	inversions /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/	inversiez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sje/	inversaient /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɛ/
	past historic2	inversai /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.se/	inversas /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sa/	inversa /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sa/	inversâmes /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sam/	inversâtes /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sat/	inversèrent /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɛʁ/
	future	inverserai /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/	inverseras /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/	inversera /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/	inverserons /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/	inverserez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/	inverseront /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	inverserais /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	inverserais /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	inverserait /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	inverserions /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	inverseriez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sə.ʁje/	inverseraient /ɛ̃.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	inverse /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/	inverses /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/	inverse /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/	inversions /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/	inversiez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sje/	inversent /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/
	imperfect2	inversasse /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sas/	inversasses /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sas/	inversât /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sa/	inversassions /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/	inversassiez /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sa.sje/	inversassent /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	inverse /ɛ̃.vɛʁs/	—	inversons /ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/	inversez /ɛ̃.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

• barre oblique inversée
• désinverser
• psychologie inversée

Further reading

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

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Adjective

inverser

1. inflection of invers:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural