tergiverser
French
Etymology
From Latin tergiversārī, from tergiversor (“to evade”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
tergiverser
Usage notes
- Do not confuse with English tergiversate
Conjugation
Conjugation of tergiverser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | tergiverser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | tergiversant /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | tergiversé /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | tergiverse /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁs/ |
tergiverses /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁs/ |
tergiverse /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁs/ |
tergiversons /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
tergiversez /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.se/ |
tergiversent /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁs/ |
| imperfect | tergiversais /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sɛ/ |
tergiversais /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sɛ/ |
tergiversait /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sɛ/ |
tergiversions /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
tergiversiez /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sje/ |
tergiversaient /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | tergiversai /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.se/ |
tergiversas /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sa/ |
tergiversa /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sa/ |
tergiversâmes /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sam/ |
tergiversâtes /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sat/ |
tergiversèrent /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | tergiverserai /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
tergiverseras /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
tergiversera /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ |
tergiverserons /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ |
tergiverserez /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ |
tergiverseront /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tergiverserais /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
tergiverserais /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
tergiverserait /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ |
tergiverserions /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tergiverseriez /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ |
tergiverseraient /tɛʁ.ʒi.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 | tergiverse /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁs/ |
tergiverses /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁs/ |
tergiverse /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁs/ |
tergiversions /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ |
tergiversiez /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sje/ |
tergiversent /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁs/ |
| imperfect2 | tergiversasse /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sas/ |
tergiversasses /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sas/ |
tergiversât /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sa/ |
tergiversassions /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
tergiversassiez /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sa.sje/ |
tergiversassent /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | tergiverse /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁs/ |
— | tergiversons /tɛʁ.ʒi.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
tergiversez /tɛʁ.ʒi.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “tergiverser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
tergiverser
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of tergiversor