retordre

French

Etymology

From Latin retorquere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.tɔʁdʁ/
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Verb

retordre

  1. (ambitransitive) retwist; to twist again

Conjugation

Conjugation of retordre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple retordre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple retordant
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle retordu
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present retords
/ʁə.tɔʁ/ 		retords
/ʁə.tɔʁ/ 		retord
/ʁə.tɔʁ/ 		retordons
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dɔ̃/ 		retordez
/ʁə.tɔʁ.de/ 		retordent
/ʁə.tɔʁd/
imperfect retordais
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dɛ/ 		retordais
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dɛ/ 		retordait
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dɛ/ 		retordions
/ʁə.tɔʁ.djɔ̃/ 		retordiez
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dje/ 		retordaient
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dɛ/
past historic2 retordis
/ʁə.tɔʁ.di/ 		retordis
/ʁə.tɔʁ.di/ 		retordit
/ʁə.tɔʁ.di/ 		retordîmes
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dim/ 		retordîtes
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dit/ 		retordirent
/ʁə.tɔʁ.diʁ/
future retordrai
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁe/ 		retordras
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁa/ 		retordra
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁa/ 		retordrons
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁɔ̃/ 		retordrez
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁe/ 		retordront
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁɔ̃/
conditional retordrais
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁɛ/ 		retordrais
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁɛ/ 		retordrait
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁɛ/ 		retordrions
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		retordriez
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁi.je/ 		retordraient
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dʁɛ/
(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 retorde
/ʁə.tɔʁd/ 		retordes
/ʁə.tɔʁd/ 		retorde
/ʁə.tɔʁd/ 		retordions
/ʁə.tɔʁ.djɔ̃/ 		retordiez
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dje/ 		retordent
/ʁə.tɔʁd/
imperfect2 retordisse
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dis/ 		retordisses
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dis/ 		retordît
/ʁə.tɔʁ.di/ 		retordissions
/ʁə.tɔʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ 		retordissiez
/ʁə.tɔʁ.di.sje/ 		retordissent
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — retords
/ʁə.tɔʁ/ 		— retordons
/ʁə.tɔʁ.dɔ̃/ 		retordez
/ʁə.tɔʁ.de/ 		—
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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