revêtir

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ vêtir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.vɛ.tiʁ/, /ʁə.ve.tiʁ/

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Verb

revêtir

1. (transitive) to clothe, dress (those in need or for ceremonial purposes)
2. (transitive) to invest (formally give authority, titles, responsibilities; install in office)
3. (transitive) to disguise, hide
4. (transitive or reflexive, with de) to put on, dress oneself in
5. (transitive, figuratively) to take on, to assume (aspect, form or appearance)

   On a constaté que les saumons sauvages, les truites et les anguilles sont porteurs du virus qui semble revêtir à présent un caractère endémique, même dans l'environnement marin plus large. [1]

   Wild salmon, trout, and eels have been found to carry the virus, which seems to be endemic, even in the wider marine environment.

6. (transitive) to coat, treat, cover, overlay, plaster (put a protective cover on (such as wooden support for a trench))
7. (transitive, by extension) to cover, blanket

Conjugation

This is an irregular verb of the third conjugation. Unlike regular -ir verbs, this conjugation does not include the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of revêtir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	revêtir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	revêtant /ʁə.vɛ.tɑ̃/ or /ʁə.ve.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		revêtu /ʁə.vɛ.ty/ or /ʁə.ve.ty/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	revêts /ʁə.vɛ/	revêts /ʁə.vɛ/	revêt /ʁə.vɛ/	revêtons /ʁə.vɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ve.tɔ̃/	revêtez /ʁə.vɛ.te/ or /ʁə.ve.te/	revêtent /ʁə.vɛt/
	imperfect	revêtais /ʁə.vɛ.tɛ/ or /ʁə.ve.tɛ/	revêtais /ʁə.vɛ.tɛ/ or /ʁə.ve.tɛ/	revêtait /ʁə.vɛ.tɛ/ or /ʁə.ve.tɛ/	revêtions /ʁə.vɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ve.tjɔ̃/	revêtiez /ʁə.vɛ.tje/ or /ʁə.ve.tje/	revêtaient /ʁə.vɛ.tɛ/ or /ʁə.ve.tɛ/
	past historic2	revêtis /ʁə.vɛ.ti/ or /ʁə.ve.ti/	revêtis /ʁə.vɛ.ti/ or /ʁə.ve.ti/	revêtit /ʁə.vɛ.ti/ or /ʁə.ve.ti/	revêtîmes /ʁə.vɛ.tim/ or /ʁə.ve.tim/	revêtîtes /ʁə.vɛ.tit/ or /ʁə.ve.tit/	revêtirent /ʁə.vɛ.tiʁ/ or /ʁə.ve.tiʁ/
	future	revêtirai /ʁə.vɛ.ti.ʁe/ or /ʁə.ve.ti.ʁe/	revêtiras /ʁə.vɛ.ti.ʁa/ or /ʁə.ve.ti.ʁa/	revêtira /ʁə.vɛ.ti.ʁa/ or /ʁə.ve.ti.ʁa/	revêtirons /ʁə.vɛ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ve.ti.ʁɔ̃/	revêtirez /ʁə.vɛ.ti.ʁe/ or /ʁə.ve.ti.ʁe/	revêtiront /ʁə.vɛ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ve.ti.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	revêtirais /ʁə.vɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.ve.ti.ʁɛ/	revêtirais /ʁə.vɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.ve.ti.ʁɛ/	revêtirait /ʁə.vɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.ve.ti.ʁɛ/	revêtirions /ʁə.vɛ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ve.ti.ʁjɔ̃/	revêtiriez /ʁə.vɛ.ti.ʁje/ or /ʁə.ve.ti.ʁje/	revêtiraient /ʁə.vɛ.ti.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.ve.ti.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	revête /ʁə.vɛt/	revêtes /ʁə.vɛt/	revête /ʁə.vɛt/	revêtions /ʁə.vɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ve.tjɔ̃/	revêtiez /ʁə.vɛ.tje/ or /ʁə.ve.tje/	revêtent /ʁə.vɛt/
	imperfect2	revêtisse /ʁə.vɛ.tis/ or /ʁə.ve.tis/	revêtisses /ʁə.vɛ.tis/ or /ʁə.ve.tis/	revêtît /ʁə.vɛ.ti/ or /ʁə.ve.ti/	revêtissions /ʁə.vɛ.ti.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ve.ti.sjɔ̃/	revêtissiez /ʁə.vɛ.ti.sje/ or /ʁə.ve.ti.sje/	revêtissent /ʁə.vɛ.tis/ or /ʁə.ve.tis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	revêts /ʁə.vɛ/	—	revêtons /ʁə.vɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ve.tɔ̃/	revêtez /ʁə.vɛ.te/ or /ʁə.ve.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).

Derived terms

• revêtement

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• étriver