revêtir
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.vɛ.tiʁ/ ~ /ʁə.ve.tiʁ/, /ʁə.ve.tiʁ/
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Verb
revêtir
- (transitive) to clothe, dress (those in need or for ceremonial purposes)
- (transitive) to invest (formally give authority, titles, responsibilities; install in office)
- (transitive) to disguise, hide
- (transitive or reflexive, with de) to put on, dress oneself in
- (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.
- 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]
- (transitive) to coat, treat, cover, overlay, plaster (put a protective cover on (such as wooden support for a trench))
- (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 | |||||
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “revêtir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.