pivoter
English
Etymology
Noun
pivoter (plural pivoters)
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi.vɔ.te/
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Verb
pivoter
- (intransitive) to pivot, swivel, revolve
- (intransitive) to turn on one's heel
Conjugation
Conjugation of pivoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | pivoter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | pivotant /pi.vɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | pivoté /pi.vɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | pivote /pi.vɔt/ |
pivotes /pi.vɔt/ |
pivote /pi.vɔt/ |
pivotons /pi.vɔ.tɔ̃/ |
pivotez /pi.vɔ.te/ |
pivotent /pi.vɔt/ |
| imperfect | pivotais /pi.vɔ.tɛ/ |
pivotais /pi.vɔ.tɛ/ |
pivotait /pi.vɔ.tɛ/ |
pivotions /pi.vɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
pivotiez /pi.vɔ.tje/ |
pivotaient /pi.vɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | pivotai /pi.vɔ.te/ |
pivotas /pi.vɔ.ta/ |
pivota /pi.vɔ.ta/ |
pivotâmes /pi.vɔ.tam/ |
pivotâtes /pi.vɔ.tat/ |
pivotèrent /pi.vɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | pivoterai /pi.vɔ.tʁe/ |
pivoteras /pi.vɔ.tʁa/ |
pivotera /pi.vɔ.tʁa/ |
pivoterons /pi.vɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
pivoterez /pi.vɔ.tʁe/ |
pivoteront /pi.vɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | pivoterais /pi.vɔ.tʁɛ/ |
pivoterais /pi.vɔ.tʁɛ/ |
pivoterait /pi.vɔ.tʁɛ/ |
pivoterions /pi.vɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pivoteriez /pi.vɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
pivoteraient /pi.vɔ.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 | pivote /pi.vɔt/ |
pivotes /pi.vɔt/ |
pivote /pi.vɔt/ |
pivotions /pi.vɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
pivotiez /pi.vɔ.tje/ |
pivotent /pi.vɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | pivotasse /pi.vɔ.tas/ |
pivotasses /pi.vɔ.tas/ |
pivotât /pi.vɔ.ta/ |
pivotassions /pi.vɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
pivotassiez /pi.vɔ.ta.sje/ |
pivotassent /pi.vɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pivote /pi.vɔt/ |
— | pivotons /pi.vɔ.tɔ̃/ |
pivotez /pi.vɔ.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “pivoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.