tergiverser

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French

Etymology

From Latin tergiversārī, from tergiversor (“to evade”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

tergiverser

  1. to delay answering or deciding with excuses
  2. to hesitate at length
    Synonym: hésiter

Usage notes

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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

tergiverser

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of tergiversor
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