tordre

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French tordre, tortre, from Vulgar Latin *torcĕre, from Latin torquēre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔʁdʁ/
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Verb

tordre

  1. (transitive) to twist; to bend
    Je me suis tordu la cheville.
    I twisted my ankle.
  2. (transitive) to wring
  3. (reflexive) to writhe
    se tordre de rire ― to be in stitches
    se tordre de douleur ― to writhe in pain

Conjugation

Conjugation of tordre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple tordre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple tordant
/tɔʁ.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle tordu
/tɔʁ.dy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present tords
/tɔʁ/ 		tords
/tɔʁ/ 		tord
/tɔʁ/ 		tordons
/tɔʁ.dɔ̃/ 		tordez
/tɔʁ.de/ 		tordent
/tɔʁd/
imperfect tordais
/tɔʁ.dɛ/ 		tordais
/tɔʁ.dɛ/ 		tordait
/tɔʁ.dɛ/ 		tordions
/tɔʁ.djɔ̃/ 		tordiez
/tɔʁ.dje/ 		tordaient
/tɔʁ.dɛ/
past historic2 tordis
/tɔʁ.di/ 		tordis
/tɔʁ.di/ 		tordit
/tɔʁ.di/ 		tordîmes
/tɔʁ.dim/ 		tordîtes
/tɔʁ.dit/ 		tordirent
/tɔʁ.diʁ/
future tordrai
/tɔʁ.dʁe/ 		tordras
/tɔʁ.dʁa/ 		tordra
/tɔʁ.dʁa/ 		tordrons
/tɔʁ.dʁɔ̃/ 		tordrez
/tɔʁ.dʁe/ 		tordront
/tɔʁ.dʁɔ̃/
conditional tordrais
/tɔʁ.dʁɛ/ 		tordrais
/tɔʁ.dʁɛ/ 		tordrait
/tɔʁ.dʁɛ/ 		tordrions
/tɔʁ.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		tordriez
/tɔʁ.dʁi.je/ 		tordraient
/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 torde
/tɔʁd/ 		tordes
/tɔʁd/ 		torde
/tɔʁd/ 		tordions
/tɔʁ.djɔ̃/ 		tordiez
/tɔʁ.dje/ 		tordent
/tɔʁd/
imperfect2 tordisse
/tɔʁ.dis/ 		tordisses
/tɔʁ.dis/ 		tordît
/tɔʁ.di/ 		tordissions
/tɔʁ.di.sjɔ̃/ 		tordissiez
/tɔʁ.di.sje/ 		tordissent
/tɔʁ.dis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tords
/tɔʁ/ 		— tordons
/tɔʁ.dɔ̃/ 		tordez
/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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Dutch: torderen

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