Inherited from Vulgar Latin *virāre, probably from Latin vibrāre (in which case it is a doublet of vibrer) or possibly from an alteration of gȳrō. Compare Italian virare, Spanish virar. Or, possibly from Gaulish *viru (“to deviate, veer off”), itself derived from viros (“round, crooked”).
virer
| infinitive | simple | virer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | virant /vi.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | viré /vi.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | vire /viʁ/ |
vires /viʁ/ |
vire /viʁ/ |
virons /vi.ʁɔ̃/ |
virez /vi.ʁe/ |
virent /viʁ/ |
| imperfect | virais /vi.ʁɛ/ |
virais /vi.ʁɛ/ |
virait /vi.ʁɛ/ |
virions /vi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
viriez /vi.ʁje/ |
viraient /vi.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | virai /vi.ʁe/ |
viras /vi.ʁa/ |
vira /vi.ʁa/ |
virâmes /vi.ʁam/ |
virâtes /vi.ʁat/ |
virèrent /vi.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | virerai /vi.ʁə.ʁe/ |
vireras /vi.ʁə.ʁa/ |
virera /vi.ʁə.ʁa/ |
virerons /vi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
virerez /vi.ʁə.ʁe/ |
vireront /vi.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | virerais /vi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
virerais /vi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
virerait /vi.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
virerions /vi.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vireriez /vi.ʁə.ʁje/ |
vireraient /vi.ʁə.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 | vire /viʁ/ |
vires /viʁ/ |
vire /viʁ/ |
virions /vi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
viriez /vi.ʁje/ |
virent /viʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | virasse /vi.ʁas/ |
virasses /vi.ʁas/ |
virât /vi.ʁa/ |
virassions /vi.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
virassiez /vi.ʁa.sje/ |
virassent /vi.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | vire /viʁ/ |
— | virons /vi.ʁɔ̃/ |
virez /vi.ʁe/ |
— | |
| 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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||