bouleverser

French

Etymology

From boule +‎ verser.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bul.vɛʁ.se/
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Verb

bouleverser

  1. to completely and drastically change, to overturn
  2. to shake, to cause a strong emotion
  3. to disorganize, to turn upside down

Conjugation

Conjugation of bouleverser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple bouleverser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bouleversant
/bul.vɛʁ.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle bouleversé
/bul.vɛʁ.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present bouleverse
/bul.vɛʁs/ 		bouleverses
/bul.vɛʁs/ 		bouleverse
/bul.vɛʁs/ 		bouleversons
/bul.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ 		bouleversez
/bul.vɛʁ.se/ 		bouleversent
/bul.vɛʁs/
imperfect bouleversais
/bul.vɛʁ.sɛ/ 		bouleversais
/bul.vɛʁ.sɛ/ 		bouleversait
/bul.vɛʁ.sɛ/ 		bouleversions
/bul.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ 		bouleversiez
/bul.vɛʁ.sje/ 		bouleversaient
/bul.vɛʁ.sɛ/
past historic2 bouleversai
/bul.vɛʁ.se/ 		bouleversas
/bul.vɛʁ.sa/ 		bouleversa
/bul.vɛʁ.sa/ 		bouleversâmes
/bul.vɛʁ.sam/ 		bouleversâtes
/bul.vɛʁ.sat/ 		bouleversèrent
/bul.vɛʁ.sɛʁ/
future bouleverserai
/bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ 		bouleverseras
/bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ 		bouleversera
/bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ 		bouleverserons
/bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ 		bouleverserez
/bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ 		bouleverseront
/bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional bouleverserais
/bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ 		bouleverserais
/bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ 		bouleverserait
/bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ 		bouleverserions
/bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		bouleverseriez
/bul.vɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ 		bouleverseraient
/bul.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 bouleverse
/bul.vɛʁs/ 		bouleverses
/bul.vɛʁs/ 		bouleverse
/bul.vɛʁs/ 		bouleversions
/bul.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ 		bouleversiez
/bul.vɛʁ.sje/ 		bouleversent
/bul.vɛʁs/
imperfect2 bouleversasse
/bul.vɛʁ.sas/ 		bouleversasses
/bul.vɛʁ.sas/ 		bouleversât
/bul.vɛʁ.sa/ 		bouleversassions
/bul.vɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		bouleversassiez
/bul.vɛʁ.sa.sje/ 		bouleversassent
/bul.vɛʁ.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bouleverse
/bul.vɛʁs/ 		— bouleversons
/bul.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ 		bouleversez
/bul.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).

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