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pivoter
pivoter
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi.vɔ.te/
Verb
pivoter
- (intransitive) to pivot, swivel, revolve
- (intransitive) to turn on one's heel
Conjugation
Conjugation of pivoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | pivoter | avoir pivoté | |||||
| gerund | en pivotant | en ayant pivoté | |||||
| present participle | pivotant /pi.vɔ.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | pivoté /pi.vɔ.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | pivotai /pi.vɔ.te/ |
pivotas /pi.vɔ.ta/ |
pivota /pi.vɔ.ta/ |
pivotâmes /pi.vɔ.tam/ |
pivotâtes /pi.vɔ.tat/ |
pivotèrent /pi.vɔ.tɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | pivote /pi.vɔt/ |
pivotes /pi.vɔt/ |
pivote /pi.vɔt/ |
pivotions /pi.vɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
pivotiez /pi.vɔ.tje/ |
pivotent /pi.vɔt/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | pivote /pi.vɔt/ |
— | pivotons /pi.vɔ.tɔ̃/ |
pivotez /pi.vɔ.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||